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Switching behavior of current filaments inp-germanium connected in parallel

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Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter

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Abstract

Impact ionization breakdown in extrinsic germanium at low temperatures as a phase transition of a non-conducting to a conducting state is associated with a region of negative differential resistance, typically resulting in a current-voltage characteristic of multiple hystereses and switching between different conducting states. As an experimental model, we investigate the parallel combination of two devices each with a perfectlyS-shaped characteristic. The behavior of this simple combination can serve for understanding the complexity of more general cases. Further, we observed an interesting switching behavior between both devices which cannot be understood as an instability of the individual devices or in terms of a local stability analysis of the coupled system.

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  1. Physikalisches Institut, Lehrstuhl Experimentalphysik II, Universität Tübingen, Morgenstelle 14, D-7400, Tübingen 1, Federal Republic of Germany

    U. Rau, J. Peinke, J. Parisi & R. P. Huebener

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Rau, U., Peinke, J., Parisi, J. et al. Switching behavior of current filaments inp-germanium connected in parallel. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 71, 305–310 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01312489

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