OBSERVATION OF RESONANT INTER-LANDAU-LEVEL TUNNELING IN A SUPERLATTICE

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作者
MULLER, W
GRAHN, HT
HAUG, RJ
PLOOG, K
机构
[1] Max-Planck-Institut fur Festkorperforschung, W-7000 Stuttgart 80
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1992年 / 46卷 / 15期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.46.9800
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Inter-Landau-level tunneling between pure two-dimensional (2D) systems is investigated in a GaAs-AlAs superlattice. Resonances due to elastic as well as inelastic scattering up to DELTAn = 9 (n Landau-level index) are observed. The corresponding Landau fans can be simulated when conduction-band nonparabolicities are included. The observed polaron-induced renormalizations of Landau-level energies can be quantitatively de-scribed within the theory of 2D magnetopolarons. Resonant tunneling between Landau levels with the emission of zone-folded acoustic phonons is also present.
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页码:9800 / 9803
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