Publication Type |
Journal Article |
School or College |
College of Science |
Department |
Physics |
Creator |
Mattis, Daniel C. |
Title |
Theory of electronic switching effect as a cooperative phenomenon |
Date |
1969-05 |
Description |
A modified form of Zener tunneling theory, in which we assume that the tunneling barrier is a decreasing collective function of electronic excitation, is shown to imply insulator- to-metal switching characteristics similar to those reported by Ovshinsky for glass film devices. In addition, our І-V characteristics display a region of negative resistance. Some criteria for the existence of polyconductivity are discussed, and are shown to be met by several classes of material. |
Type |
Text |
Publisher |
American Physical Society |
Journal Title |
Physical Review Letters |
Volume |
22 |
Issue |
18 |
First Page |
936 |
Last Page |
939 |
DOI |
10.1103/PhysRevLett.22.936 |
citatation_issn |
0031-9007 |
Subject |
Electronic switching; Negative resistance |
Subject LCSH |
Switching theory; Tunneling (Physics); Metal-insulator transitions; Electric resistance |
Language |
eng |
Bibliographic Citation |
Mattis, D. C. (1969). Theory of electronic switching effect as a cooperative phenomenon. Physical Review Letters, 22(18), 936-9. |
Rights Management |
(c) American Physical Society http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.22.936. |
Format Medium |
application/pdf |
Format Extent |
284,970 bytes |
Identifier |
ir-main,8261 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6cc1hr5 |
Setname |
ir_uspace |
ID |
702403 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cc1hr5 |