Nonlinear Transport in Superlattices Under Quantizing Magnetic Fields

Abstract

The transport in semiconductor superlattices subject to quantizing electric and magnetic fields is studied based on the double-time Green function method. Our rigorous quantum mechanical approach which goes beyond the Kadanoff-Baym ansatz, reveals the hopping nature of the high-field transport in narrow-miniband superlattices. In both the electric- and magnetic-field dependence of the current gaps appear.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP013281

Entities

People

  • P. Kleinert
  • V. V. Bryksin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crystal Lattice Vibrations
  • Current Density
  • Distribution Functions
  • Elastic Scattering
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Gas
  • Electrons
  • Inelastic Scattering
  • Integral Equations
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Particle Spectra
  • Perturbation Theory
  • Phonons
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Statistics
  • Superlattices

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Science - Quantum Dots