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Publication
Applied Physics Letters
Paper
Resonant indirect Fowler-Nordheim tunneling in Al0.8Ga 0.2As barrier
Abstract
Oscillatory current-voltage characteristics of n+-GaAs/semi- insulating Al0.8Ga0.2As/nGaAs heterojunction barriers (400 Å thick) grown by molecular beam epitaxy on n+-GaAs (100) substrates are observed at 4 K when the heterostructures are placed under the transverse uniaxial stress along 〈011〉 direction (perpendicular to current direction) above 4 kbar. We attribute these oscillations to the resonant indirect Fowler-Nordheim tunneling via 〈011〉 oriented transverse X valleys, where the change of wave vector is required for tunneling.