SHUBNIKOV-DEHAAS AND HALL OSCILLATIONS IN INAS-GA1-XINXSB SUPERLATTICES

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作者
HOFFMAN, CA [1 ]
MEYER, JR [1 ]
BARTOLI, FJ [1 ]
WANG, WI [1 ]
机构
[1] COLUMBIA UNIV,DEPT ELECT ENGN,NEW YORK,NY 10027
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1993年 / 48卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.48.1959
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We report a quantum transport investigation of n-type InAs-Ga1-xInxSb superlattices. Our data display Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in the diagonal conductivity accompanied by plateaulike inflections in the Hall conductivity. Correlation of the oscillation periods with carrier densities obtained from mixed-conduction analyses of the nonoscillating conductivity components implies that the electron effective mass is nearly isotropic. Because of the large miniband width (> 150 meV), one can rule out the conventional quantum Hall effect as the source of the structure in the Hall conductivity. It is instead attributed to a high density of localized states at the bottom of each Landau level, resulting from interface-roughness-induced potential fluctuations.
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页码:1959 / 1962
页数:4
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