OBSERVATION OF BLOCH OSCILLATIONS IN A SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICE

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作者
LEO, K [1 ]
BOLIVAR, PH [1 ]
BRUGGEMANN, F [1 ]
SCHWEDLER, R [1 ]
KOHLER, K [1 ]
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[1] FRAUNHOFER INST APPL SOLID STATE PHYS,W-7800 FREIBURG,GERMANY
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10.1016/0038-1098(92)90798-E
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
摘要
We report unambiguous experimental evidence for electron Bloch oscillations: The transient four-wave mixing signal of a biased semiconductor superlattice shows a periodic modulation with a time constant expected from Bloch oscillation theory. The oscillation frequency can be tuned over 400% with the applied electric field. The electron performs up to four oscillation cycles before the coherence is lost.
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