OBSERVATION OF QUANTUM INTERFERENCE IN A PHASE-COHERENT 2-DIMENSIONAL SUPERLATTICE

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LENSSEN, KMH
BOONMAN, MEJ
HARMANS, CJPM
FOXON, CT
机构
[1] DELFT UNIV TECHNOL, DEPT APPL PHYS, 2600 GA DELFT, NETHERLANDS
[2] PHILIPS RES LABS, REDHILL RH1 5HA, SURREY, ENGLAND
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.454
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Electron transport in a two-dimensionally periodically modulated potential has been studied by means of gate structures on top of a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure. In low magnetic fields (B<1 T) conductance minima are measured due to localization of electron orbits. Superimposed on these minima, Aharonov-Bohm oscillations are observed with periods in B which are submultiples of that corresponding to a single localized orbit. This new phenomenon is attributed to phase-coherent coupling of localized orbits. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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