ASSIGNMENT - 04

NANO ELECTRONICS
YATENDRA SINGH CHAUHAN
MT20MVD014
Question: To find the tunnelling probability for the given below System ?.

Tunnelling probability:
The probability of finding the particle on the other side of the barrier is
proportional to the square of the ratio of the amplitudes and decreases as exp(-
2αd).
α(x) = [(2m/ħ2 )(U(x) - E)]1/2
E for the conduction electron through an AlGaAs layer of thickness 10 Å
embedded within a GaAs matrix, for a barrier height equal to 0.3 eV,
with the electron effective mass in GaAs, meff =0.067m0, where m0 = 9.8 × 10-31
kg is the mass a free electron.
Vary E from 0 to 4 eV in a step of 0.1eV.
Planck’s constant = 6.63×10-34 J-s, 1 eV = 1.6×10-19 J.
MATLAB CODE:
close all;
clear all;
m=0.067*(9.8*10^-31);%%effective mass
hc=6.63*10^-34;%%plank constant
hh=hc*hc; %%calculate square of plank constant
v=.3;%%%height of potential barrier
b= 10^-9; %%thickness of potential well
e=0:.1:4;
C2 =sqrt(2*m*(v-e)/hh);% finding C2

C=C2*b; %% k is defined by C2.b

sh=sinh(C).*sinh(C);% finding sinh^2(C)

v1=v*v;% finding the v1

x=v-e;

s1=v1./(4.*(e.*x));

s2=s1.*sh;

x2=1+s2;

t=1./x2;

figure;
plot(e,t);
title('TUNNELING');
xlabel('Kinetic energy');
ylabel('probability');
PLOT :-

CONCULSION:
In this assignment, we learnt that probability depends on barrier width and height.
When the kinetic energy is less the potential energy there is no probability of
finding electrons outside the barrier but when kinetic energy starts increasing then
the probability of finding electrons outside the well also starts increasing.