MAGNETIC STATES IN SELECTIVELY DOPED QUANTUM WELL HETEROSTRUCTURES

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作者
BANDARA, KMSV
COON, DD
BYUNGSUNG, O
机构
[1] Applied Technology Laboratory Department, Physics University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0749-6036(90)90114-M
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
Exchange interactions between electrons localized in selectively doped, electrically neutral, planar quantum well heterostructures are shown to lead to a characteristic sheet density below which the conventional picture of a paramagnetic two-dimensional electron gas ground state may be inapplicable, especially at low temperatures. First order Hartree-Fock approximation estimates indicate that critical sheet densities for a possible magnetic transition may lie in a readily achievable experimental range of order 6 × 1010 cm-2 for 40 Å AlGaAs GaAs quantum wells. Relevant experiments are suggested. © 1990.
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页数:5
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