Physical Review Letters · 1987 · 512 citations · 16 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsQuantum MechanicsSemiconductor MaterialsElectronic Band StructureNanoelectronicsQuantum TunnelingQuantum WellsSemiconductor PhysicsBistabilityCurrent DensityElectronic Density Of StatesFeedbackFeedback DependenceResonant TunnelingTunneling CurrentTunneling In Quantum Well Structures
A simple quantum system, the semiconductor-based double-barrier resonant-tunneling structure, exhibits intrinsic bistability which we attribute to the feedback dependence of the energy of the electronic states in the well on the tunneling current density.
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