Impact ionization and large room-temperature magnetoresistance in micron-sized high-mobility InAs channels

Velichko, Anton V. and Makarovsky, O. and Mori, N. and Eaves, L. and Krier, Anthony and Zhuang, Qiandong and Patane, Amalia (2014) Impact ionization and large room-temperature magnetoresistance in micron-sized high-mobility InAs channels. Physical review B, 90. ISSN 1098-0121

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Abstract

We report on hot electron induced impact ionization and large room-temperature magnetoresistance (MR) in micron-sized channels of n-type high-mobility InAs (μ=3.3m2V−1s−1 at T=300K): the MR reaches values of up to 450% in magnetic fields of 1 T and applied voltages of ∼1 V and is weakly dependent on temperature. We present Monte Carlo simulations of the hot electron dynamics to account for the large MR and its dependence on the sample geometry and applied electric and magnetic fields. Our work demonstrates that the impact ionization of electrons at room temperature, under small applied magnetic fields (<1 T) and small voltages (<1 V), can provide an extremely sensitive mechanism for controlling the electrical resistance of high-mobility semiconductors.

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Journal Article
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Physical review B
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©2014 American Physical Society
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72462
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22 Jan 2015 10:14
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