ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONDUCTION ON THE CLEAVED EDGE OF INAS QUANTUM-WELLS

被引:7
作者
HAUG, RJ [1 ]
MUNEKATA, H [1 ]
CHANG, LL [1 ]
机构
[1] IBM CORP,DIV RES,TJ WATSON RES CTR,YORKTOWN HTS,NY 10598
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 1992年 / 31卷 / 2A期
关键词
SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROSTRUCTURES; III-V COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; QUANTUM TRANSPORT; LOW DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTANCE;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.31.L127
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
The cleaved edge of a GaAlSb/InAs/GaAlSb heterostructure contains a surface channel of accumulated electrons with the channel width given by the thickness of the InAs well. We achieved such structures and studied the temperature and magnetic-field dependence of the resistance along this edge. A strong negative magnetoresistance and well defined conductance fluctuations were observed, which were interpreted consistently by one-dimensional electron conduction.
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页码:L127 / L129
页数:3
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