Ballistic electrons : microscopy, spectroscopy, devices and luminescence
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53103828-MIT.pdf
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Author(s)
Appelbaum, Ian, 1977-
Advisor(s)
Venkatesh Narayanamurti and John D. Joannopoulos.
Date Issued
2003
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-147).
Subjects
Physics.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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