Weiss oscillations in the presence of small-angle impurity scattering

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作者
Mirlin, AD
Wolfle, P
机构
[1] Univ Karlsruhe, Inst Theorie Kondensierten Mat, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
[2] Petersburg Nucl Phys Inst, St Petersburg 188350, Russia
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1998年 / 58卷 / 19期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.58.12986
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We calculate the magnetoresistivity of a two-dimensional electron gas in the presence of a periodic potential within classical transport theory, using realistic models of impurity scattering. The magneto-oscillations induced by geometric resonance of the cyclotron orbits in the periodic grating, known as Weiss oscillations, are shown to be affected strongly by the small-angle scattering processes dominant in conventional semiconductor heterostructures. Our results are in full; agreement with experimental findings. [S0163-1829(98)04040-5].
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页码:12986 / 12992
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