Determination of Hot Electron Versus Phonon--Assisted Tunneling Effects in Double Barrier Resonant Tunneling Structures

这项规划补助金是与少数民族基金一起提交的， 美国国家科学基金会的研究启动计划将提供支持 在热电子与 声子辅助隧穿电流，因为它们属于双 势垒共振隧穿结构（DBRTS）。 实验 沿着这些路线的结果可能会显著影响物理 器件的峰谷电流问题，从而导致 量子力学隧穿的显著增加，反过来， 增强电流。

This planning grant, submitted in conjunction with the Minority Research Initiation program of the NSF, will provide for support to develop a research proposal in the area of hot electron versus phonon-assisted tunneling currents as they pertain to double barrier resonant tunneling structures (DBRTS). Experimental results along these lines could significantly impact physical device issues of peak-to-valley currents, thereby resulting in a substantial increase in quantum mechanical tunneling with, in turn, enhanced electrical current.