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High current density Esaki tunnel diodes based on GaSb-InAsSb heterostructure nanowires

Ganjipour, Bahram LU ; Dey, Anil LU ; Borg, Mattias LU orcid ; Ek, Martin LU orcid ; Pistol, Mats-Erik LU ; Dick Thelander, Kimberly LU ; Wernersson, Lars-Erik LU and Thelander, Claes LU (2011) In Nano Letters 11(10). p.4222-4226
Abstract
We present electrical characterization of broken gap GaSb-InAsSb nanowire heterojunctions. Esaki diode characteristics with maximum reverse current of 1750 kA/cm2 at 0.50 V, maximum peak current of 67 kA/cm2 at 0.11 V, and peak-to-valley ratio (PVR) of 2.1 are obtained at room temperature. The reverse current density is comparable to that of state-of-the-art tunnel diodes based on heavily doped p-n junctions. However, the GaSb-InAsSb diodes investigated in this work do not rely on heavy doping, which permits studies of transport mechanisms in simple transistor structures processed with high-κ gate dielectrics and top-gates. Such processing results in devices with improved PVR (3.5) and stability of the electrical properties.
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1530-6992
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10.1021/nl202180b
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  abstract     = {{We present electrical characterization of broken gap GaSb-InAsSb nanowire heterojunctions. Esaki diode characteristics with maximum reverse current of 1750 kA/cm2 at 0.50 V, maximum peak current of 67 kA/cm2 at 0.11 V, and peak-to-valley ratio (PVR) of 2.1 are obtained at room temperature. The reverse current density is comparable to that of state-of-the-art tunnel diodes based on heavily doped p-n junctions. However, the GaSb-InAsSb diodes investigated in this work do not rely on heavy doping, which permits studies of transport mechanisms in simple transistor structures processed with high-κ gate dielectrics and top-gates. Such processing results in devices with improved PVR (3.5) and stability of the electrical properties.}},
  author       = {{Ganjipour, Bahram and Dey, Anil and Borg, Mattias and Ek, Martin and Pistol, Mats-Erik and Dick Thelander, Kimberly and Wernersson, Lars-Erik and Thelander, Claes}},
  issn         = {{1530-6992}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{10}},
  pages        = {{4222--4226}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Nano Letters}},
  title        = {{High current density Esaki tunnel diodes based on GaSb-InAsSb heterostructure nanowires}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl202180b}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/nl202180b}},
  volume       = {{11}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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