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Chapter and Conference Paper
The nucleation structure for cracks in AlGaN epitaxial layers
When an epitaxial layer is under tensile strain due to lattice mismatch, cracks are expected to form above a critical thickness. In the case of Group III nitrides grown on the sapphire (0001) plane, the epitax...
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Magnetotunnelling Spectroscopy to Measure the Electron and Hole ε(k) Dispersion Curves in the Quantum Well of Resonant Tunnelling Structures
We investigate the effect of a large magnetic field, B, applied parallel to the plane of the barriers on the resonant I(V) currents of n- and p-type double barrier structures. The shifts in the electron resona...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Resonant Tunnelling Devices in a Quantising Magnetic Field
High magnetic fields, applied either parallel or perpendicular to the barriers, are extremely useful for investigating the electrical properties of resonant tunnelling structures [1–11]. By considering the cur...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Magnetic Field Studies of Resonant and Non-resonant Tunnelling in n-(AlGa)As/GaAs Double Barrier Structures
The electrical properties of a series of double barrier tunnelling devices with well widths between 5 and 60 nm are investigated. It is shown that the bistability effect in the current-voltage characteristics ...
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Resonant Magnetotransport in Short (0.25 – 9 μm) n+nn+ GaAs Structures
Magnetophonon resonance in thin (0.25 – 9 μm) n+nn+ GaAs structures is used to study quasi-elastic inter-Landau level scattering which is induced in the high electric fields (up to 20 kV/cm) achievable in structu...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Close Binary Stars
Commission 42 convened for two business meetings and two scientific sessions. In the following, the minutes of the business meetings and a summary of the scientific meetings are presented, with the abstracts o...