INTERACTION BETWEEN WANNIER-STARK STATES IN SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES

被引:27
作者
BASTARD, G
FERREIRA, R
CHELLES, S
VOISIN, P
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[1] Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Ecole Normale Supérieure, F-75005 Paris
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10.1103/PhysRevB.50.4445
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We examine the interaction between the Wannier-Stark ladders derived from two minibands in a semiconductor superlattice. We show that it leads to anticrossings whose magnitude and electric-field position can be calculated in a simple analytical model.
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页码:4445 / 4449
页数:5
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