OPTICAL-PHONON TRANSPORT AND LOCALIZATION IN PERIODIC AND FIBONACCI POLAR-SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES

被引:7
作者
HUANG, DH [1 ]
GUMBS, G [1 ]
ZHAO, Y [1 ]
AUNER, GW [1 ]
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[1] CUNY HUNTER COLL,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,NEW YORK,NY 10021
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10.1016/0375-9601(95)00213-M
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
A transfer-matrix formalism is employed to study optical-phonon transport in a macroscopic continuum model for both periodic and Fibonacci polar-semiconductor superlattices. A phonon bandgap with subband structures is obtained for the periodic superlattices, However, in the Fibonacci superlattices, there is a spectrum trifurcation and self-similarity. The LO phonon localization length is calculated from which we confirm the existence of complete exponential localization of LO phonons.
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