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双势垒氮化物异质结构中偏振对称性破缺对共振隧穿输运的影响

Broken Symmetry Effects due to Polarization on Resonant Tunneling Transport in Double-Barrier Nitride Heterostructures

Jimy Encomendero, Vladimir Protasenko, Berardi Sensale-Rodriguez, Patrick Fay, Farhan Rana, Debdeep Jena, Huili Grace Xing

摘要:

采用实验和理论相结合的方法,系统地研究了极性双势垒异质结构中的共振隧穿输运现象。在实验方面,GaN/AlN RTD的MBE生长。原位电子衍射被用来监测并入每个隧穿势垒的单层的数量。使用这种精确的外延控制在单层水平,我们证明了指数调制的共振隧穿电流作为势垒厚度的函数。峰值电压和特征阈值偏置都表现出对势垒厚度的依赖性,作为极性异质结构中存在的强电场的结果。为了进一步深入了解非对称隧穿注入,我们提出了一个极性异质结隧穿输运的解析理论。给出了考虑相干隧穿过程和有序隧穿过程贡献的共振隧穿电流的一般表达式。在将此理论应用于GaN/AlN RTD的情况下,其实验电流-电压特性在两个偏置极性上再现,隧穿电流跨越几个数量级。这种协议使我们能够阐明的作用所发挥的内部极化场的隧穿电流的大小和扩大的共振线的形状。在反向偏置下,我们确定了新的隧穿功能,源自高度衰减的共振隧穿现象,这是完全捕获我们的模型。我们的分析模型,提供了一个简单的表达式,揭示了极性RTD的设计参数和它的电流-电压特性之间的联系。这种新的理论铺平了道路极性共振隧穿器件的设计表现出高效的谐振电流注入和增强的隧穿动力学,在各种实际应用中所需的。

英文摘要:

The phenomenon of resonant tunneling transport through polar double-barrier heterostructures is systematically investigated using a combined experimental and theoretical approach. On the experimental side, GaN/AlN RTDs are grown by MBE. In-situ electron diffraction is employed to monitor the number of monolayers incorporated into each tunneling barrier. Using this precise epitaxial control at the monolayer level, we demonstrate exponential modulation of the resonant tunneling current as a function of barrier thickness. Both the peak voltage and characteristic threshold bias exhibit a dependence on barrier thickness as a result of the intense electric fields present in the polar heterostructures. To get further insight into the asymmetric tunneling injection, we present an analytical theory for tunneling transport across polar heterostructures. A general expression for the resonant tunneling current with contributions from coherent and sequential tunneling processes is introduced. After applying this theory to the case of GaN/AlN RTDs, their experimental current-voltage characteristics are reproduced over both bias polarities, with tunneling currents spanning several orders of magnitude. This agreement allows us to elucidate the role played by the internal polarization fields on the magnitude of the tunneling current and broadening of the resonant line shape. Under reverse bias, we identify new tunneling features originating from highly attenuated resonant tunneling phenomena, which are completely captured by our model. Our analytical model, provides a simple expression which reveals the connection between the polar RTD design parameters and its current-voltage characteristics. This new theory paves the way for the design of polar resonant tunneling devices exhibiting efficient resonant current injection and enhanced tunneling dynamics, as required in various practical applications.

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