Light-scattering determination of electron tunneling gaps in double quantum wells

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作者
Plaut, AS [1 ]
Pinczuk, A [1 ]
Dennis, BS [1 ]
Eisenstein, JP [1 ]
Pfeiffer, LN [1 ]
West, KW [1 ]
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[1] UNIV EXETER,EXETER EX4 4QL,DEVON,ENGLAND
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10.1016/0038-1101(95)00267-7
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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Resonant inelastic light-scattering techniques have been used to measure directly the single-particle tunneling gap (Delta(SAS)) in AlxGa1-xAs/GaAs double quantum wells. We have observed a systematic decrease in Delta(SAS) with increasing height of the barrier in agreement with the Delta(SAS) calculated self-consistently within a Hartree approximation.
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