TY - JOUR
AU - Thon, A.
AU - Merschdorf, M.
AU - Pfeiffer, W.
AU - Klamroth, T.
AU - Saalfrank, P.
AU - Diesing, D.
TI - Photon-assisted tunneling versus tunneling of excited electrons in metal-insulator-metal junctions
JO - Applied physics / A
VL - 78
SN - 0947-8396
CY - Berlin
PB - Springer
M1 - PreJuSER-30244
SP - 189 - 199
PY - 2003
N1 - Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012
AB - Photocurrent measurements in Ag-Al2O3-Al metal-insulator-metal junctions under illumination with ultra-short laser pulses reveal that tunneling and internal photoemission of excited electrons are the dominating transport mechanisms. Photon-assisted tunneling is observed under rare conditions that depend critically on the preparation of the interface. The comparison of time-resolved two-pulse correlation measurements with model calculations shows that the photon-induced transport of excited electrons is well described using a one-dimensional many-particle model for two coupled metallic leads, whereas a single-particle model for nonresonant excitation in a rectangular double-minimum potential reveals the signature of photon-assisted tunneling.
KW - J (WoSType)
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000186497500010
DO - DOI:10.1007/s00339-003-2314-2
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/30244
ER -