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Quantum dots inserted in semiconducting nanowires are a promising platform for the fabrication of single photon devices. However, it is difficult to fully comprehend the electro-optical behaviour of such quantum objects without correlated…
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We investigate theoretically the simultaneous tunneling of two electrons from a superconductor into a normal metal at low temperatures and voltages. Such an emission process is shown to be equivalent to the Andreev reflection of an incident…
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We present the findings of the superconductivity in the silicon nanostructures prepared by short time diffusion of boron of the n - type Si (100) surface. These Si - based nanostructures represent the p - type ultra-narrow self - assembled…
Typical measurements of nanowire devices rely on end-to-end measurements to reveal mesoscopic phenomena such as quantized conductance or Coulomb blockade. However, creating nanoscale tunnel junctions allows one to directly measure other…
We investigated the origin of the high reverse leakage current in light emitting diodes (LEDs) based on (In,Ga)N/GaN nanowire (NW) ensembles grown by molecular beam epitaxy on Si substrates. To this end, capacitance deep level transient…
Nanoscale silicon p(+)-n junctions with very high concentration of boron, 5 10^21 cm-3, are found to demonstrate interesting optical properties. Emission band dominated in near-infrared electroluminescence (EL) spectra possesses high degree…
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The fabrication of more and more miniaturized electronic and photonic devices relies on new, ingenious methods for the fabrication of spatially controlled nanostructures. Examples are electronic devices based on semiconducting nanowires and…
The electrical and photodiode characteristics of ensemble and single p-GaN nanowire and n-Si heterojunction devices were studied. Ideality factor of the single nanowire p-GaN/n-Si device was found to be about three times lower compared to…