Thursday, May 30, 2013

1305.6701 (Kenichi Hitachi et al.)

Intrinsic and extrinsic origins of low-frequency noise in GaAs/AlGaAs
Schottky-gated nanostructures
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Kenichi Hitachi, Takeshi Ota, Koji Muraki
We study low-frequency noise in current passing through quantum point contacts fabricated from several GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures with different layer structures and fabrication processes. In contrast to previous reports, there is no gate-dependent random telegraph noise (RTN) originating from tunneling through a Schottky barrier in devices fabricated using the standard low-damage process. Gate-dependent RTN appears only in devices fabricated with a high-damage process that induces charge trap sites. We show that the insertion of AlAs/GaAs superlattices in the AlGaAs barrier helps to suppress trap formation. Our results enable the fabrication of damage-resistant and thus low-noise devices.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.6701

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