Abstract

The advent of ultrashort pulses used in conjunction with the electro-optic effect has made possible the temporal analysis of electrical phenomena on the picosecond time scale. On this time scale nonequilibrium transport such as velocity overshoot and ballistic effects as well as resonant quantum mechanical tunneling can take place. These effects will govern the operation of the next generation of electronic three-terminal devices. Using ultrafast techniques such as electro-optic samping it is possible to directly monitor these effects.

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