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 …

[HTML][HTML] Room temperature microwave oscillations in GaN/AlN resonant tunneling diodes with peak current densities up to 220 kA/cm2

J Encomendero, R Yan, A Verma, SM Islam… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We report the generation of room temperature microwave oscillations from GaN/AlN
resonant tunneling diodes, which exhibit record-high peak current densities. The tunneling …

Near-UV electroluminescence in unipolar-doped, bipolar-tunneling GaN/AlN heterostructures

TA Growden, W Zhang, ER Brown, DF Storm… - Light: Science & …, 2018 - nature.com
Cross-gap light emission is reported in n-type unipolar GaN/AlN double-barrier
heterostructure diodes at room temperature. Three different designs were grown on semi …

Repeatable room temperature negative differential resistance in AlN/GaN resonant tunneling diodes grown on sapphire

D Wang, J Su, Z Chen, T Wang, L Yang… - Advanced Electronic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs) are candidates for high power terahertz oscillators, and
form the basis for understanding the quantum confinement and vertical transport in quantum …

III-nitrides based resonant tunneling diodes

S Lin, D Wang, Y Tong, B Shen… - Journal of Physics D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Resonant tunneling diodes are nano-devices which have characteristics of negative
differential resistance. They are widely used in digital and analog circuits to reduce …

New tunneling features in polar III-nitride resonant tunneling diodes

J Encomendero, FA Faria, SM Islam, V Protasenko… - Physical Review X, 2017 - APS
For the past two decades, repeatable resonant tunneling transport of electrons in III-nitride
double barrier heterostructures has remained elusive at room temperature. In this work we …

[HTML][HTML] 431 kA/cm2 peak tunneling current density in GaN/AlN resonant tunneling diodes

TA Growden, W Zhang, ER Brown, DF Storm… - Applied physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the design and fabrication of high current density GaN/AlN double barrier
resonant tunneling diodes grown via plasma assisted molecular-beam epitaxy on bulk GaN …

1039 kA/cm2 peak tunneling current density in GaN-based resonant tunneling diode with a peak-to-valley current ratio of 1.23 at room temperature on sapphire …

HP Zhang, JS Xue, ZP Sun, LX Li, JJ Yao, F Liu… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this Letter, we present the excellent negative differential resistance (NDR) characteristics
of AlN/GaN double-barrier resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs) in which the active layers are …

Measurement of Exciton and Trion Energies in Multistacked hBN/WS2 Coupled Quantum Wells for Resonant Tunneling Diodes

MJ Lee, DH Seo, SM Kwon, D Kim, Y Kim, WS Yun… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Quantum confinements, especially quantum in narrow wells, have been investigated
because of their controllability over electrical parameters. For example, quantum dots can …

Superior growth, yield, repeatability, and switching performance in GaN-based resonant tunneling diodes

TA Growden, DF Storm, EM Cornuelle… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We report the direct measurement of record fast switching speeds in GaN/AlN resonant
tunneling diodes (RTDs). The devices, grown by plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy …