WAVE-FUNCTION LOCALIZATION IN FIBONACCI QUASI-PERIODIC GAAS GAALAS SUPERLATTICES UNDER ELECTRIC-FIELD

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LARUELLE, F [1 ]
ETIENNE, B [1 ]
BARRAU, J [1 ]
KHIROUNI, K [1 ]
BRABANT, JC [1 ]
AMAND, T [1 ]
BROUSSEAU, M [1 ]
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[1] INST NATL SCI APPL,PHYS SOLIDES LAB,F-31077 TOULOUSE,FRANCE
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10.1016/0039-6028(90)90266-B
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We report on photocurrent spectra of quasiperiodic superlattices which are greatly modified when an electric field is applied along the growth axis. We explain this behavior with a simple tight-binding model including only the superlattices sequences on which the different electronic states are peaked at zero electric field thus confirming the wavefunction "localization" of critical states. © 1990.
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