TY - JOUR
T1 - Universal negative differential resistance in one-dimensional resistors
AU - Goussev, A.
AU - Bandyopadhyay, S.
PY - 2003/3/24
Y1 - 2003/3/24
N2 - A novel universal (material-independent) negative differential resistance is shown to exist in strictly one-dimensional systems (quantum wires) as a consequence of energy and momentum conservation in the interaction of one-dimensional confined carriers with one-dimensional confined acoustic phonons. The average (steady state) carrier energy should also exhibit a non-monotonic dependence on the driving electric field. Candidate systems to exhibit this negative differential resistance are suspended semiconductor nanobridges and semiconducting carbon nanotubes.
AB - A novel universal (material-independent) negative differential resistance is shown to exist in strictly one-dimensional systems (quantum wires) as a consequence of energy and momentum conservation in the interaction of one-dimensional confined carriers with one-dimensional confined acoustic phonons. The average (steady state) carrier energy should also exhibit a non-monotonic dependence on the driving electric field. Candidate systems to exhibit this negative differential resistance are suspended semiconductor nanobridges and semiconducting carbon nanotubes.
KW - Negative differential resistance
KW - Quantum wires
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037463953&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0375-9601(03)00078-1
DO - 10.1016/S0375-9601(03)00078-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037463953
SN - 0375-9601
VL - 309
SP - 240
EP - 247
JO - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
IS - 3-4
ER -