Radiation-induced "zero-resistance state" and the photon-assisted transport

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作者
Shi, JR [1 ]
Xie, XC
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[1] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Condensed Matter Sci Div, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
[2] Oklahoma State Univ, Dept Phys, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA
[3] Chinese Acad Sci, Int Ctr Quantum Struct, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.086801
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We demonstrate that the radiation-induced "zero-resistance state" observed in a two-dimensional electron gas is a result of the nontrivial structure of the density of states of the systems and the photon-assisted transport. A toy model of a quantum tunneling junction with oscillatory density of states in leads catches most of the important features of the experiments. We present a generalized Kubo-Greenwood conductivity formula for the photon-assisted transport in a general system and show essentially the same nature of the transport anomaly in a uniform system.
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