dc.contributor.advisor | Venkatesh Narayanamurti and John D. Joannopoulos. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Appelbaum, Ian, 1977- | en_US |
dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-03-24T16:07:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-03-24T16:07:44Z | |
dc.date.copyright | 2003 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29612 | |
dc.description | Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2003. | en_US |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-147). | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis describes research to theoretically model and experimentally measure electronic systems which employ ballistic electron emission. First, a Monte-Carlo framework for simulating electron injection from a tunnel junction emitter into a semiconductor collector is presented in detail and a few applications of this theory are described. Second, a method of treating ballistic electron transport through nano-scale heterostructures by considering realistic, atomic-scale periodic potentials is examined. Third, experimental results toward development of a novel scanning-probe microscopy for the local study of buried luminescent heterostructure layers is presented. Finally, a number of future research directions suggested by these results are described. | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Ian Appelbaum. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 147 leaves | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | |
dc.subject | Physics. | en_US |
dc.title | Ballistic electrons : microscopy, spectroscopy, devices and luminescence | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics | |
dc.identifier.oclc | 53103828 | en_US |