BAND-STRUCTURE AND DISORDER EFFECTS ON ELECTRON LOCALIZATION IN SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES

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LEE, M
SOLIN, SA
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[1] NEC Research Institute Inc., Princeton, NJ 08540
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10.1016/0038-1098(92)90143-W
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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Superlattices of GaAs/Ga0.7Al0.3As have been employed to investigate the effects of band structure, disorder, and barrier transmission on electron localization. Vertical transport experiments yield evidence of both electric field-induced localization via Wannier-Stark ladder formation and disorder-induced localization due to coherent backscattering from random fluctuations in the barrier transmission amplitude. Samples with narrower mini-band widths show greater localization effects from both mechanisms.
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