Shot-Noise Reduction in Multiple-Quantum-Well Resonant Tunneling Diodes
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2003
Identifier/URL
40316120 (Pure); 0038156136 (QABO)
Abstract
This paper develops formalism for computing the shot noise in resonant-tunneling structures having an arbitrary number of quantum wells (QWs). It is based on the electrostatic feedback effect in QW structures and is the first known shot-noise formalism that treats the electrostatic and quantum effects in a self-consistent fashion. A significant drop in the shot-noise factor is predicted with increasing QW number in graded structures. The minimum room-temperature shot-noise factor predicted by this work is 0.24 in a triple-well structure.
Repository Citation
Pouyet, V.,
& Brown, E. R.
(2003). Shot-Noise Reduction in Multiple-Quantum-Well Resonant Tunneling Diodes. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 50 (4), 1063-1068.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/physics/1348
DOI
10.1109/TED.2003.811414
