We show that, under the passage of an electromagnetic terahertz pulse, an asymmetric double barrier device may act as an on/off current switch, depending on the bias. The time-dependent response of the device is discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9907473,
title = {A mesoscopic Tera-hertz pulse detector},
author = {P. Orellana and F. Claro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9907473},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
3 pages Revtex, 4 PS figures. To appear in Applied Physics Letters