MAGNETOROTONS IN QUASI-3-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON-SYSTEMS

被引:27
作者
KARRAI, K
YING, X
DREW, HD
SANTOS, M
SHAYEGAN, M
YANG, SRE
MACDONALD, AH
机构
[1] LAB PHYS SCI,COLLEGE PK,MD 20740
[2] PRINCETON UNIV,DEPT ELECT ENGN,PRINCETON,NJ 08544
[3] NATL RES COUNCIL CANADA,INST MICROSTRUCT SCI,OTTAWA K1A 0R6,ONTARIO,CANADA
[4] INDIANA UNIV,DEPT PHYS,BLOOMINGTON,IN 47405
[5] INDIANA UNIV,MAT RES INST,BLOOMINGTON,IN 47405
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.3428
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The dispersion relation for magnetoplasmons propagating perpendicular to the magnetic field is investigated for a quasi-three-dimensional electron system. The magnetic field is in the plane of a congruent-to 100-nm-wide electron slab which is confined by a wide AlxGa1-xAs parabolic quantum well. A minimum is found in the magnetoplasma dispersion relation, indicating the existence of a magnetoroton excitation for wave vector q about twice the inverse magnetic length. Calculations of the dispersion relation within the single-mode approximation are in good qualitative agreement with the measurements.
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页码:3428 / 3431
页数:4
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