POINT-CONTACT SPECTROSCOPY ON TUNABLE CONSTRICTIONS IN GAAS

被引:9
作者
BEVER, T [1 ]
WIECK, AD [1 ]
VONKLITZING, K [1 ]
PLOOG, K [1 ]
WYDER, P [1 ]
机构
[1] MAX PLANCK INST FESTKORPERFORSCH,F-38042 GRENOBLE,FRANCE
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1991年 / 44卷 / 12期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.44.6507
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
In quasi-one-dimensional channels formed in the two-dimensional electron gas of an AlxGa1-xAs/GaAs heterostructure, the second derivative d2V/dI2 of the voltage-current characteristic is measured at low temperatures as a function of the voltage drop V over the channel length. In increasing the lateral confinement, strong resonant structures appear at voltages V that correspond to energies of GaAs phonon density-of-states maxima for acoustical as well as optical phonons. Compared with metal point-contact spectroscopy, this technique offers reproducible tunability of buried point contacts.
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页码:6507 / 6510
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