Breakdowns in the Metal-Semimetal BiSb Point Contacts

Author

Sukhoruchko, O.N. ; Plaksiy, V.T. ; Tishchenko, A.S. ; Dyadchenko, A.V.

Author_Institution

Inst. of radio Phys. & Electron., Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine, Kharkov

Volume

2

fYear

2007

fDate

25-30 June 2007

Firstpage

635

Lastpage

637

Abstract

The current-voltage characteristics (CVC) and the breakdown effects in the metal-semimetal BiSb (bismuth and stibium alloys) point contacts have been investigated to determine the power rating of the radiation scattered by the sample. The CVCs of the contacts exhibit breakdowns provoking the appearance of the negative differential S-resistance areas. Based on the breakdown voltage magnitude one can determine the power rating of the radiation scattered by the sample.

Keywords

antimony alloys; bismuth alloys; electric breakdown; point contacts; radiation effects; BiSb; breakdown effects; breakdown voltage magnitude; current-voltage characteristics; metal-semimetal point contacts; negative differential S-resistance; power rating; radiation scattering; Bismuth; Contact resistance; Detectors; Dynamic range; Electric breakdown; Electric resistance; Resistance heating; Scattering; Thermal resistance; Tin alloys;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Physics and Engineering of Microwaves, Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves and Workshop on Terahertz Technologies, 2007. MSMW '07. The Sixth International Kharkov Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kharkov

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1237-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MSMW.2007.4294760

Filename

4294760