Observation of intrinsic bistability in resonant tunneling structures

V. J. Goldman; D. C. Tsui; J. E. Cunningham

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.1256

Observation of intrinsic bistability in resonant tunneling structures

V. J. Goldman, D. C. Tsui, and J. E. Cunningham

Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 1256 – Published 23 March 1987

Abstract

A simple quantum system, the semiconductor-based double-barrier resonant-tunneling structure, exhibits intrinsic bistability which we attribute to the feedback dependence of the energy of the electronic states in the well on the tunneling current density.