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The possibility of considerably reducing the start-up current of a coherent resonant-tunneling transit-time diode operating in the terahertz range is demonstrated. The proposed scheme relies on resonance electron transitions in a double-barrier injector.
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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 26, No. 13, 2000, pp. 11–16.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2000 by Gel’vich, Golant, Pashkovski\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \), Sazonov.
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Gel’vich, É.A., Golant, E.I., Pashkovskii, A.B. et al. A resonant-tunneling transit-time diode for the terahertz frequency range employing transitions between quantum states in a double-barrier injector. Tech. Phys. Lett. 26, 544–546 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1262906
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