Dynamic Instabilities in Tunneling through Mesoscopic Devices

✍ Scribed by F. Claro; P. Orellana

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 43 KB
• Volume: 220
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0370-1972
• DOI: 10.1002/1521-3951(200007)220:1<745::aid-pssb745>3.0.co;2-d

✦ Synopsis

Tunneling of electrons through a spatially confined mesoscopic region leads to charge storing whose feedback over the tunneling current gives rise to strong instabilities. We discuss two types of instabilities and comment on their potential applications in switching or oscillatory action.