Negative Differential Conductivity in InAs/AlSb Superlattices

• Authors: M. Kagan , I. Altukhov , A. Baranov , N. Il'ynskaya , S. Paprotskiy , V. Sinis , R. Teissier , A. Usikova
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The negative differential conductivity and electric instabilities are found to appear in type-II InAs/AlSb superlattices. The origin of the nonlinear effects is discussed.

Keywords

EN

72.20.Ht; 73.50.Fq; 73.63.-b

Discipline

• 73.63.-b: Electronic transport in nanoscale materials and structures(see also 73.23.-b Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems)
• 72.20.Ht: High-field and nonlinear effects
• 73.50.Fq: High-field and nonlinear effects

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 119
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 210-211

Dates

published

2011-02

Contributors

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M. Kagan

• V.A. Kotel'nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Ac. Sci., Moscow, Russia

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I. Altukhov

• V.A. Kotel'nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Ac. Sci., Moscow, Russia

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A. Baranov

• IES, Université Montpellier 2, CNRS, Montpellier, France

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N. Il'ynskaya

• A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Ac. Sci., St. Petersburg, Russia

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S. Paprotskiy

• V.A. Kotel'nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Ac. Sci., Moscow, Russia

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V. Sinis

• V.A. Kotel'nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Ac. Sci., Moscow, Russia

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R. Teissier

• IES, Université Montpellier 2, CNRS, Montpellier, France

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A. Usikova

• A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Ac. Sci., St. Petersburg, Russia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.119.210