A certain semiconductor device requires a tunneling probability of T = 10-5 for an electron tunneling through a rectangular barrier with a barrier height of Vo = 0.4 eV, the electron energy is 0.04 eV Determine the maximum barrier width.

A certain semiconductor device requires a tunneling probability of T = 10-5 for an electron tunneling through a rectangular barrier with a barrier height of Vo = 0.4 eV, the electron energy is 0.04 eV Determine the maximum barrier width.

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