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

这笔规划拨款与 NSF 少数派研究启动计划一起提交，将支持在热电子与声子辅助隧道电流领域制定研究提案，因为它们与双势垒共振隧道结构 (DBRTS) 相关。 这些实验结果可能会显着影响物理器件的峰谷电流问题，从而导致量子力学隧道效应的大幅增加，进而增强电流。

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.