Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: This paper demonstrates that a two-dimensional ballistic nanodevice in which the electron gas satisfies either the Schrödinger equation (as in quantum wells in common semiconductor heterostructures) or the Dirac equation (as in graphene) is able to rectify an electric signal if the device has a non-uniform cross-section, for instance a tapered configuration. No p–n junctions or dissimilar electrodes are necessary for rectification.
Authors: Daniela Dragoman, Mircea Dragoman
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: European Commission
OpenAlex ID: W1988096969