INTERFERENCE EFFECTS IN SI/GE STRAINED MULTIVALLEY SUPERLATTICE STRUCTURES

被引:7
作者
CHIANG, JC
机构
[1] Department of Physics, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 1994年 / 33卷 / 3A期
关键词
SI/GE; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; STRAINED; MULTIVALLEY SUPERLATTICE STRUCTURE; ANTI-BONDING ORBITAL; ENERGY-BAND SPECTRUM; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM; INTERVALLEY MIXING EFFECT; VALLEY-SPLITTING;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.33.L294
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
The energy-band spectrum of a Si/Ge strained multivalley superlattice structure is investigated within an antibonding orbital model. It is shown that the energy-band spectrum as a function of the well-width exhibits a pairing interference pattern due to inter-valley mixing effect. We found two interesting interference effects: In each pair, not only (1) the energy separation between the two bands but also (2) the two band-widths are oscillatory functions of the width of the well material.
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页码:L294 / L296
页数:3
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