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Our objective in this chapter is to illustrate the calculation of the general features of the current-voltage (I–V) characteristics of a metal-insulatormetal (M-I-M) tunnel junction. In particular, no attempt is made to give either a review or a comprehensive survey of the extensive literature on this topic,* and our attention is confined to the use of the simplest models on the basis of which the I–V characteristic may be evaluated.
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Duke, C.B. (1969). Theory of Metal-Barrier-Metal Tunneling. In: Burstein, E., Lundqvist, S. (eds) Tunneling Phenomena in Solids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1752-4_4
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