OBSERVATION OF CURRENT FILAMENTS IN SEMI-INSULATING GaAs
- 15 May 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 12 (10) , 341-342
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1651844
Abstract
Two‐carrier injection into semi‐insulators can cause a current controlled negative resistance. The observation of current filaments in the high conductance region has been reported for an indirect energy gap semiconductor, silicon, at 77°K. These current filaments have now been observed in gallium arsenide, a direct energy gap semiconductor, at room temperature.Keywords
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