Atomic-scale Authentication with Resonant Tunneling Diodes

J. Roberts; I. E. Bagci; M. A.M. Zawawi; J. Sexton; N. Hulbert; Y. J. Noori; C. S. Woodhead; M. Missous; M. A. Migliorato; U. Roedig; R. J. Young

doi:10.1557/adv.2016.156

Atomic-scale Authentication with Resonant Tunneling Diodes

J. Roberts, I. E. Bagci, M. A.M. Zawawi, J. Sexton, N. Hulbert, Y. J. Noori, C. S. Woodhead, M. Missous, M. A. Migliorato, U. Roedig, R. J. Young

Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute

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Abstract

The room temperature electronic characteristics of resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs) containing AlAs/InGaAs quantum wells are studied. Differences in the peak current and voltages, associated with device-to-device variations in the structure and width of the quantum well are analyzed. A method to use these differences between devices is introduced and shown to uniquely identify each of the individual devices under test. This investigation shows that quantum confinement in RTDs allows them to operate as physical unclonable functions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1625-1629
Number of pages	5
Journal	MRS Advances
Volume	1
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2016.156
Publication status	Published - 24 Feb 2016

Keywords

electronic material
molecular beam epitaxy (MBE)
semiconducting

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Atomic-scale Authentication with Resonant Tunneling Diodes

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