title: Tunneling through a tilted tight-binding band.
abstract: In the single-band approximation, an explicit expression of the exponential factor, that governs tunneling through a thin crystal subjected to a constant electric field, is derived. The basic features of Wannier-Stark, Airy, and intermediate type of quantization, as they are displayed in the transmission spectrum and hence in tunneling current, are thus described analytically.
authors.affiliation: Division of Physics, Luleå University of Technology, S-971 87 Luleå, Sweden. alex@mt.luth.se
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Onipko
authors.forename: Lyuba
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Malysheva
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D004560:Electricity; D004579:Electron Transport; D008962:Models, Theoretical