PHOTOEXCITED QUANTUM-WELLS - NONLINEAR SCREENING, BISTABILITY, AND NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL CAPACITANCE

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MERLIN, R
KESSLER, DA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1990年 / 41卷 / 14期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.41.9953
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T [工业技术];
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The dielectric response of an electron-hole plasma confined to a slab is calculated within the Hartree approximation for electric fields perpendicular to the slab walls. The results are used to infer the capacitance behavior of photoexcited quantum-well structures under different rate conditions. Case studies show that nonlinearities in the carrier-density dependence of the energy spectrum and scattering times can lead to bistability and negative differential capacitance. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:9953 / 9957
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