Pressure Investigation of Tunneling in an InAlAs-InGaAs Double Barrier Structure
L.A. Cury
INSA-CNRS, 31077 Toulouse and SNCI-CNRS, 38047 Grenoble, France

L.H. Dmowski
High Pressure Research Center "Unipress", SokoĊ‚owska 29, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland

A. Celeste, J.C. Portal
INSA-CNRS, 31077 Toulouse and SNCI-CNRS, 38047 Grenoble, France

M. Davies, M. Heath
Department of Physics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.

D.L. Sivco and A.Y. Cho
AT & T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, USA
Received: August 8, 1990
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AnIn0.52Al0.48As-In0.53Ga0.47As double-barrier structure was studied under hydrostatic pressures up to 15 kbar. Two resonances in the I(V) curves are observed. The possible tunneling mechanisms to interpret this effect are analysed.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.79.199
PACS numbers: 07.35.+k, 73.20.Dx, 79.80.+w