Frequency limitations of resonant-tunnelling diodes in sub-THz and THz oscillators and detectors

M Feiginov - Journal of infrared, millimeter, and terahertz waves, 2019 - Springer
The review outlines the basic principles of operation of resonant-tunnelling diodes (RTDs)
and RTD oscillators followed by an overview of their development in the last decades …

InGaAs/AlAs resonant tunneling diodes for THz applications: an experimental investigation

SG Muttlak, OS Abdulwahid, J Sexton… - IEEE Journal of the …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an experimental study of InGaAs/AlAs resonant tunneling diodes
designed to improve the diode characteristics using five different device structures. A …

Displacement currents and the real part of high-frequency conductance of the resonant-tunneling diode

MN Feiginov - Applied Physics Letters, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
I have shown that weak variation of the tunnel transparency of the collector barrier with bias
has substantial (and frequently crucial) effect on the high-frequency properties of the …

A physics based model for the RTD quantum capacitance

R Lake, J Yang - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A simple derivation of the form for the compact model of the quantum capacitance in a
resonant tunneling diode (RTD) is presented. The quantum capacitance is shown to reduce …

Effect of the coulomb interaction on the response time and impedance of the resonant-tunneling diodes

MN Feiginov - Applied Physics Letters, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrated that the response time of the resonant-tunneling structures (τ resp) can be
much smaller as well as much larger than the quasibound-state lifetime. A simple analytical …

Does the quasibound-state lifetime restrict the high-frequency operation of resonant-tunnelling diodes?

MN Feiginov - Nanotechnology, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
We have shown, firstly, that the response time (τ resp) of the double-barrier resonant-
tunnelling diode (RTD) can be much smaller as well as much larger than the quasibound …

High-frequency nonlinear characteristics of resonant-tunnelling diodes

M Feiginov, C Sydlo, O Cojocari, P Meissner - Applied Physics Letters, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
The nonlinear response of resonant-tunnelling diodes (RTDs) is analysed theoretically at
high frequencies (HFs), which are far above the diode's tunnel-relaxation-time limit. We …

High frequency simulation of resonant tunneling diodes

WR Liou, P Roblin - IEEE transactions on electron devices, 1994 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The small and large-signal response of the resonant tunneling diode at high-frequencies is
studied using a quantum simulator. The Poisson and Schrodinger equations are solved self …

Comparison of a rate-equation model with experiment for the resonant tunneling diode in the scattering-dominated regime

JP Mattia, AL McWhorter, RJ Aggarwal… - Journal of applied …, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
A quasistatic rate-equation model for the resonant tunneling diode (RTD) is presented. In
this model, the RTD is divided into three regions, each assumed in quasithermal equilibrium …

Resonant tunneling and photoluminescence spectroscopy in quantum wells containing self-assembled quantum dots

A Patane, A Polimeni, L Eaves, PC Main… - Journal of Applied …, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the optical and electrical properties of nin GaAs/(AlGa) As double barrier
resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs) in which a layer of InAs self-assembled quantum dots …