Reversible current blockade of carbon nanotube through well resolved multitrap-interactions

ORAL

Abstract

We report the observation of a new kind of multiple-trap random telegraph signal (RTS) in the electronic transport of a carbon nanotube field effect transistor at room temperature. RTS from one charge trap precedes a transition to strong current blockade continues over a well-defined bias window, and subsequently reverses to unblock through a separate RTS series arising from a second, adjacent trap thru pure electrostatic interaction. Our results suggest that multiple-trap behavior in low-dimensional field-effect devices may be adaptable for several new transistor and sensor technologies.

*This work was partially supported by the National Science Foundation

Authors

  • Tsz Wah Chan

    • University of Virginia
    • Dept of Physics, Univ of Virginia
  • Smitha Vasudevan

    • Dept of ECE, Univ of Virginia
    • University of Virginia
  • Brian Burke

    • University of Virginia
    • Dept of Physics, Univ of Virginia
  • Kenny Evans

    • Applied Physics Program, Rice University
    • Dept of Physics, Univ of Virginia
  • Kamil Walczak

    • Dept of ECE, Univ of Virginia
  • Mingguo Liu

    • Dept of ECE, Univ of Virginia
  • Joe Campbell

    • Dept of ECE, Univ of Virginia
  • Avik Ghosh

    • Dept of Physics, Univ of Virginia
    • Dept of ECE, Univ of Virginia
  • Avik Ghosh

    • Dept of Physics, Univ of Virginia
    • Dept of ECE, Univ of Virginia