Abstract
We report the observation of differential negative resistance in a resonant tunnelling diode which consists of Al0.35Ga0.65As barriers and a Ga0.80In0.20As quantum well, grown on GaAs substrate by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) at a constant substrate temperature of 550°C, for the entire structure. The current peak/valley ratio at resonance is 6 to 1 at 77 K. Our result demonstrates the feasibility of preparing device-quality MBE AlxGa1−xAs layers at low substrate temperature and fabricating quantum devices involving heterojunctions with severe strain.

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