BALLISTIC ELECTRON OPTICS

被引:20
作者
SPECTOR, J [1 ]
WEINER, JS [1 ]
STORMER, HL [1 ]
BALDWIN, KW [1 ]
PFEIFFER, LN [1 ]
WEST, KW [1 ]
机构
[1] AT&T BELL LABS,MURRAY HILL,NJ 07974
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D O I
10.1016/0039-6028(92)90344-6
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We demonstrate a method to directly measure the ballistic mean free path lambda(b) of electrons in ultrahigh mobility GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures. Lambda(0) and the elastic mean free path from mobility measurements lambda(mu) are measured and compared over the temperature range 0.3-10 K. We also demonstrate that ballistic electrons in these systems can be electrostatically refracted in structures greater-than-or-similar-to 10-mu-m in size, however, problems arise when the refractive structures are reduced to length scales on the order of a few micrometers.
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页码:240 / 246
页数:7
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