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TY - JOUR
T1 - Sub-100-nm negative bend resistance ballistic sensors for high spatial resolution magnetic field detection
AU - Gilberston, Adam
AU - Benstock, D.
AU - Fearn, Mike
AU - Kormanyos, Andor
AU - Ladak, S.
AU - Emeny, M.
AU - Lambert, Colin
AU - Ashley, T.
AU - Solin, Stuart
AU - Cohen, Lesley
N1 - © 2011 American Institute of Physics
PY - 2011/2/10
Y1 - 2011/2/10
N2 - We report the magnetic field detection properties of ballistic sensors utilizing the negative bend resistance of InSb/In1−xAlxSb quantum well cross junctions as a function of temperature and geometric size. We demonstrate that the maximum responsivity to magnetic field and its linearity increase as the critical device dimension is reduced. This observation deviates from the predictions of the classical billiard ball model unless significant diffuse boundary scattering is included. The smallest device studied has an active sensor area of 35×35 nm2, with a maximum responsivity of 20 kΩ/T, and a noise-equivalent field of 0.87 μT/ at 100 K.
AB - We report the magnetic field detection properties of ballistic sensors utilizing the negative bend resistance of InSb/In1−xAlxSb quantum well cross junctions as a function of temperature and geometric size. We demonstrate that the maximum responsivity to magnetic field and its linearity increase as the critical device dimension is reduced. This observation deviates from the predictions of the classical billiard ball model unless significant diffuse boundary scattering is included. The smallest device studied has an active sensor area of 35×35 nm2, with a maximum responsivity of 20 kΩ/T, and a noise-equivalent field of 0.87 μT/ at 100 K.
U2 - 10.1063/1.3554427
DO - 10.1063/1.3554427
M3 - Journal article
VL - 98
JO - Applied Physics Letters
JF - Applied Physics Letters
SN - 1077-3118
IS - 6
M1 - 062106
ER -