Abstract:
A vacuum microelectronic transistor which can operate at a high speed and has a high mutual conductance. The vacuum microelectronic transistor comprises an emitter for emitting electrons therefrom, a collector for receiving electrons from the emitter, and a pair of gate electrodes for controlling arrival of electrons from the emitter to the collector. The emitter and collector are disposed in an encapsulated condition on a substrate such that electrons emitted from the emitter run straightforwardly in vacuum to the collector while the gate electrodes are located adjacent and across a route of such electrons from the emitter to the collector. Also, a process of manufacturing such vacuum microelectronic transistor is disclosed.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method which enabled the precise formation of a group of quantum dots. A device which functions on the principle of a transmission type electron microscope is used to produce a beam of electrons which are passed through a thin crystal membrane in order to produce an electron beam diffraction image. The energy distribution of the diffracted electron beam is used to produce masks, enable epitaxial growth and dry etching involved with the microscopic fabrication operations. For example, a thin GaAs membrane is used to form a diffracted electron beam image on a GaAs layer formed on a substrate. Carbon is then supplied and used to form carbon layers on the the locations where the beam energy is strongest. These carbon layers are used as a mask which allow selective etching of the GaAs layer. An AlGaAs insulating layer is then epitaxially grown on the exposed surface portions of the AlGaAs substrate to fill the spaces between each of the quantum dot defining GaAs portions which project up from the AlGaAs substrate surface.
Abstract:
A fracture structure is grown from a plurality of starting points. A fractal structure, grown from respective starting points and interconnected by interactive growths, forms a neural network. A growth speed originated at a specific starting point is determined by the probability of a material reaching a grown portion from a remote location by means of a diffusion process and the probability of a growth promoting factor reaching a grown portion by means of a diffusion process from a portion grown from a starting point other than the specific one. Anisotropy is introduced into a space in which a fractal structure is to be grown, as required.
Abstract:
In a multiply-complexed one-dimensional structure having a hierarchical structure in which a linear structure as an element of a one-dimensional structure having a finite curvature is made of a thinner one-dimensional structure having a finite curvature, at least two layers of one-dimensional unit structures are bonded in at least one site. For example, in a multiply-twisted helix having a hierarchical structure in which a linear structure as an element of a spiral structure is made of a thinner spiral structure, at least two layers of the unit spiral structures are bonded in at least one site. Alternatively, in a multiply-looped ring structure having a hierarchical structure in which a linear structure as an element of a ring structure is made of a thinner ring structure, at least two layers of ring unit structures are bonded in at least one site.
Abstract:
A charge transfer device comprises a quantum wire and a one-dimensional quantum dots array extending helically, for example, and including quantum dots which are aligned in close relation to couple with each other and to surround the quantum wire. By applying an external field within a plane normal to the quantum wire and by rotating the direction of the application of the external field, charges are transferred along the quantum wire.
Abstract:
A field effect transistor has a quantum dot array in its channel region. The quantum dot array is composed of a plurality of quantum dots arranged adjacent to each other on a common plane. Each quantum dot may be made of heterojunction of compound semiconductors or junction of a semiconductor and an insulator. The field effect transistor has a differential negative resistance.
Abstract:
A data processing system formed of a collective element of quantum boxes including an electrode and a plurality of quantum boxes which respectively have a barrier layer made of the first semiconductor on the electrode and a well layer made of a second semiconductor adjacent to the barrier layer. The first semiconductor has an electron affinity .PHI..sub.B and an energy gap E.sub.gB. The second semiconductor has an electron affinity .phi..sub.W and an energy gap E.sub.gW. The equations .phi..sub.W >.phi..sub.B and .phi..sub.W +E.sub.gW >.phi..sub.B +E.sub.gB are simultaneously satisfied.
Abstract translation:一种数据处理系统,由包括电极和多个量子盒的量子盒的集合元件形成,该多个量子盒分别具有由电极上的第一半导体制成的阻挡层和与阻挡层相邻的第二半导体制成的阱层。 第一半导体具有电子亲和力PHI B和能隙EgB。 第二半导体具有电子亲和力phi和能隙EgW。 同时满足方程phi W> phi B和phi W + EgW> phi B + EgB。
Abstract:
In quantum effect devices using quantum dots, a novel quantum effect device which controls the probability of tunnel transition of electrons among quantum dots to obtain quantum effects such as band gap modulation. i-GaAs layers serving as the quantum dots are formed on an n-AlGaAs substrate and, further, n-AlGaAs layers are formed as electron supply layers on the i-GaAs layers. By this double heterojunction structure, channels are formed in the i-GaAs layers near the two junction surfaces sandwiching the layers. On the other hand, a potential barrier layer comprised of an i-AlGaAs layer with a small barrier height with respect to the quantum dots and an SiO.sub.2 layer with a large barrier height laminated together is formed between the quantum dots. The position of the lamination interface in the potential barrier layer is set to a height enabling the two layers to contact the quantum dots. The magnitude of the electric field applied from the control electrode to the quantum dots is used to select one of the two channels. The band gap changes according to the change of the probability of tunnel transition at this time. If the change in the band gap is, for example, converted to a change in light emission wavelength, a variable wavelength type semiconductor laser device can be constructed.
Abstract:
A fractal structure is formed to have a plurality of regions different in fractal dimension characterizing the self-similarity. Especially in a stellar fractal structure, a region with a low fractal dimension is formed around a core with a high fractal dimension. By adjusting the ratios in volume of these regions relative to the entire fractal structure, the nature of phase transition occurring in the fractal structure, such as a magnetization curve of Mott transition or ferromagnetic phase transition, quantum chaos in the electron state, or the like. For enhancing the controllability, the fractal dimension of the core is preferably larger than 2.7 and the fractal dimension of the region around the core is preferably smaller than 2.3.
Abstract:
An electron device which controls quantum chaos wherein a quantum chaos property is controlled extensively and externally is provided. The electron device which controls quantum chaos is manufactured by using a single material. A heterojunction provided with a first region having an electron system characterized by quantum chaos and a second region having an electron system characterized by integrability is formed. The first region and the second region are adjacent to each other, and the heterojunction is capable of exchanging electrons between the first region and the second region. A quantum chaos property of an electron system in a system formed of the first region and the second region is controlled by applying to the heterojunction an electric field having a component perpendicular to at least a junction surface.