CYCLOTRON EFFECTIVE-MASS OF HOLES IN STRAINED SI1-XGEX/SI QUANTUM-WELL STRUCTURES

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作者
CHENG, JP [1 ]
KESAN, VP [1 ]
GRUTZMACHER, DA [1 ]
SEDGWICK, TO [1 ]
机构
[1] MIT,FRANCIS BITTER NATL MAGNET LAB,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
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10.1016/0039-6028(94)90900-8
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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A far-infrared magneto-optical study of cyclotron effective mass of quasi-two-dimensional holes in strained Si1-xGex/Si quantum wells has been carried out on a series of samples with different Ge compositions at low temperatures and high magnetic fields up to 23 T. The in-plane effective mass determined from cyclotron resonance energies decreases systematically from 0.40m0 to 0.29m0 as the Ge composition increases from x = 0.13 to x = 0.37. The reduced in-plane mass and its variation with Ge composition are in good qualitative agreement with the strain effects on the valence band structure.
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