Document Type
Article
Abstract
We report shot noise measurements performed in mesoscopic tunnel barriers fabricated in a GaAs∕AlGaAs heterostructure. Two sets of tunnel barriers of different size are used in the study. All large size samples and some of the small size samples show a nonlinear dependence of shot noise on tunneling current due to localized states inside the barriers. Both suppression and enhancement of shot noise have been observed. Some small size barriers, however, exhibit the shot noise behavior of an ideal tunnel barrier over a wide range of barrier transmission coefficients, tunneling currents, and bias voltages.
Publication Info
Published in Physical Review B, Volume 73, Issue 3, 2006, pages 035424-1-035424-5.
Chen, Y. and Webb, R.A. (2006). Full shot noise in mesoscopic tunnel barriers. Physical Review B, 73(3), 035424-1 - 035424-5. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.035424
© 2006 The American Physical Society.
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Chen, Y. and Webb, R.A. (2006). Full shot noise in mesoscopic tunnel barriers. Physical Review B, 73(3), 035424-1 - 035424-5. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.035424
© 2006 The American Physical Society.