BREAKDOWN OF CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES

被引:30
作者
DUFFIELD, T [1 ]
BHAT, R [1 ]
KOZA, M [1 ]
HWANG, DM [1 ]
DEROSA, F [1 ]
GRABBE, P [1 ]
ALLEN, SJ [1 ]
机构
[1] BELL COMMUN RES INC,REDBANK,NJ 07701
关键词
CRYSTALS - Physical Properties - Electric breakdown;
D O I
10.1016/0038-1098(88)90635-7
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
The authors observed breakdown of cyclotron resonance in large magnetic fields oriented perpendicular to the growth direction in semiconductor superlattices. At small magnetic fields conventional cyclotron resonance is observed with the mass related to the miniband mass. At large magnetic fields, when the cyclotron diameter approaches the superlattices period, the resonance frequency appears to saturate and is determined by orbits impaled on the barrier. A model calculation gives good account of the magnetic field dependence of the resonance position and line width.
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页码:1483 / 1487
页数:5
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