Noise and charge discreteness as ultimate limit for the THz operation of ultra-small electronic devices

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 15990
• Main Authors: Colomés, Enrique, Mateos, Javier, González, Tomás, Oriols, Xavier
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.10.2020; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/166/987; 639/766/1130/2798; Electronic equipment; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Noise; Science; Science (multidisciplinary)

To manufacture faster electron devices, the industry has entered into the nanoscale dimensions and Terahertz (THz) working frequencies. The discrete nature of the few electrons present simultaneously in the active region of ultra-small devices generate unavoidable fluctuations of the current at THz...