TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC FOCUSING AND THE DISPERSION OF GAAS 2D HOLES AT (311)A HETEROJUNCTIONS

被引:20
作者
HEREMANS, JJ
SANTOS, MB
SHAYEGAN, M
机构
[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0039-6028(94)90914-8
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We report transverse magnetic focusing experiments on two-dimensional hole systems confined in square and triangular quantum wells grown on (311)A GaAs substrates. The focusing barriers are oriented along different crystallographic directions and allow us to derive the constant energy contours in k-space. The results indicate a nearly elliptical shape for these contours which we interpret in light of a lateral surface superlattice induced by corrugations at the heterojunction.
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