Abstract
A novel universal (material-independent) negative differential resistance is shown to exist in strictly one-dimensional systems (quantum wires) as a consequence of energy and momentum conservation in the interaction of one-dimensional confined carriers with one-dimensional confined acoustic phonons. The average (steady state) carrier energy should also exhibit a non-monotonic dependence on the driving electric field. Candidate systems to exhibit this negative differential resistance are suspended semiconductor nanobridges and semiconducting carbon nanotubes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 240-247 |
| Journal | Physics Letters A |
| Volume | 309 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2003 |