EFFECTIVE ELECTRON MASS IN GAAS/ALXGA1-XAS HETEROSTRUCTURES UNDER HYDROSTATIC-PRESSURE

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DELANGE, W
BLOM, FAP
WOLTER, JH
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[1] Dept. of Phys., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol.
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10.1088/0268-1242/8/3/006
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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We have determined the effective electron mass in a GaAs/A10.33Ga0.67As heterostructure from the temperature dependence of the amplitude of the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations. The effective mass is expected to increase with increasing electron concentration due to the non-parabolicity of the conduction band. The effective mass will also increase when we apply a hydrostatic pressure. We evaluated the effective mass in our sample at different electron concentrations and different hydrostatic pressures and have shown that the experimental values fit very well with the theoretically predicted values.
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