RESONANT RESISTANCE ENHANCEMENT IN DOUBLE-QUANTUM-WELL GAAS-ALXGA1-XAS HETEROSTRUCTURES

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作者
KUROBE, A [1 ]
CASTLETON, IM [1 ]
LINFIELD, EH [1 ]
GRIMSHAW, MP [1 ]
BROWN, KM [1 ]
RITCHIE, DA [1 ]
PEPPER, M [1 ]
JONES, GAC [1 ]
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[1] TOSHIBA CAMBRIDGE RES CTR,CAMBRIDGE CB4 4W3,CAMBS,ENGLAND
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 50卷 / 11期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.50.8024
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We present a study of electron transport in coupled quantum-well structures controlled by both front and back gates. The resonant resistance enhancement is systematically investigated by varying the mobility in each quantum well. We show that a large mobility ratio between the two wells gives a large resonant resistance enhancement only when the level broadening is smaller than the symmetric-antisymmetric gap of the coupled system.
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页码:8024 / 8027
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