Experimental evidence of delocalized states in random dimer superlattices

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作者
Bellani, V
Diez, E
Hey, R
Toni, L
Tarricone, L
Parravicini, GB
Domínguez-Adame, F
Gómez-Alcalá, R
机构
[1] Univ Pavia, INFM, Dipartimento Fis A Volta, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
[2] Univ Carlos III Madrid, Dept Matemat, GISC, E-28911 Leganes, Spain
[3] Paul Drude Inst Festkorperelekt, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
[4] Univ Parma, Dipartimento Fis, INFM, I-43100 Parma, Italy
[5] Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Fis Mat, GISC, E-20840 Madrid, Spain
[6] Univ Vigo, Dept Technol Comunicac, E-36200 Vigo, Spain
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.2159
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We study the electronic properties of GaAs-AlGaAs superlattices with intentional correlated disorder by means of photoluminescence and vertical de resistance. The results are compared to those obtained in ordered and uncorrelated disordered superlattices. We report the first experimental evidence that spatial correlations inhibit localization of states in disordered low-dimensional systems, as our previous theoretical calculations suggested, in contrast to the earlier belief that all eigenstates are localized.
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页码:2159 / 2162
页数:4
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