Stimulated electron tunneling in metal-barrier-metal structures due to surface plasmons
- 1 April 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 28 (7) , 407-410
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.88778
Abstract
It is shown that electron tunneling can be stimulated by electron–plasmon–virtual photon interactions. Negative differential resistance exhibiting a threshold voltage and current density is expected for metal‐barrier‐metal structures.Keywords
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