Acousto-helicon interaction in narrow-gap semiconductors

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Ghosh, KK [1 ]
Paul, SN [1 ]
机构
[1] JADAVPUR UNIV,FAC SCI,CTR PLASMA STUDIES,CALCUTTA 700032,W BENGAL,INDIA
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PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC RESEARCH | 1996年 / 197卷 / 02期
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10.1002/pssb.2221970218
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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A theoretical investigation is made on the propagation of acousto-helicon waves through plasmas in narrow-gap semiconducting piezoelectric crystals. Interaction coupling of the acousto-helicon mode sets up at lower frequencies in the small-gap semiconductors as compared to that in wide-gap ones. This is because of the strong dependence of the electron effective mass on the nonparabolicity of the conduction band of the semiconductors. Results are also shown for wide-gap semiconductors for the sake of comparison.
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