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Title: Nonmonotonous electron mobility due to structurally induced resonant coupling of subband states in an asymmetric double quantum well

Abstract

We show that sharp nonmonotic variation of low temperature electron mobility μ can be achieved in GaAs/Al{sub x}Ga{sub 1-x}As barrier delta-doped double quantum well structure due to quantum mechanical transfer of subband electron wave functions within the wells. We vary the potential profile of the coupled structure as a function of the doping concentration in order to bring the subbands into resonance such that the subband energy levels anticross and the eigen states of the coupled structure equally share both the wells thereby giving rise to a dip in mobility. When the wells are of equal widths, the dip in mobility occurs under symmetric doping of the side barriers. In case of unequal well widths, the resonance can be obtained by suitable asymmetric variation of the doping concentrations. The dip in mobility becomes sharp and also the wavy nature of mobility takes a rectangular shape by increasing the barrier width. We show that the dip in mobility at resonance is governed by the interface roughness scattering through step like changes in the subband mobilities. It is also gratifying to show that the drop in mobility at the onset of occupation of second subband is substantially supressed through the quantum mechanicalmore » transfer of subband wave functions between the wells. Our results can be utilized for performance enhancement of coupled quantum well devices.« less

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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22492207
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Advances
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 11; Other Information: (c) 2015 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 2158-3226
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ALUMINIUM ARSENIDES; ASYMMETRY; CONCENTRATION RATIO; COUPLING; DOPED MATERIALS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONS; ENERGY LEVELS; GALLIUM ARSENIDES; INTERFACES; POTENTIALS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM WELLS; RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WAVE FUNCTIONS

Citation Formats

Nayak, R. K., Das, S., Panda, A. K., and Sahu, T., E-mail: tsahu-bu@rediffmail.com. Nonmonotonous electron mobility due to structurally induced resonant coupling of subband states in an asymmetric double quantum well. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4936632.
Nayak, R. K., Das, S., Panda, A. K., & Sahu, T., E-mail: tsahu-bu@rediffmail.com. Nonmonotonous electron mobility due to structurally induced resonant coupling of subband states in an asymmetric double quantum well. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936632
Nayak, R. K., Das, S., Panda, A. K., and Sahu, T., E-mail: tsahu-bu@rediffmail.com. 2015. "Nonmonotonous electron mobility due to structurally induced resonant coupling of subband states in an asymmetric double quantum well". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936632.
@article{osti_22492207,
title = {Nonmonotonous electron mobility due to structurally induced resonant coupling of subband states in an asymmetric double quantum well},
author = {Nayak, R. K. and Das, S. and Panda, A. K. and Sahu, T., E-mail: tsahu-bu@rediffmail.com},
abstractNote = {We show that sharp nonmonotic variation of low temperature electron mobility μ can be achieved in GaAs/Al{sub x}Ga{sub 1-x}As barrier delta-doped double quantum well structure due to quantum mechanical transfer of subband electron wave functions within the wells. We vary the potential profile of the coupled structure as a function of the doping concentration in order to bring the subbands into resonance such that the subband energy levels anticross and the eigen states of the coupled structure equally share both the wells thereby giving rise to a dip in mobility. When the wells are of equal widths, the dip in mobility occurs under symmetric doping of the side barriers. In case of unequal well widths, the resonance can be obtained by suitable asymmetric variation of the doping concentrations. The dip in mobility becomes sharp and also the wavy nature of mobility takes a rectangular shape by increasing the barrier width. We show that the dip in mobility at resonance is governed by the interface roughness scattering through step like changes in the subband mobilities. It is also gratifying to show that the drop in mobility at the onset of occupation of second subband is substantially supressed through the quantum mechanical transfer of subband wave functions between the wells. Our results can be utilized for performance enhancement of coupled quantum well devices.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4936632},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22492207}, journal = {AIP Advances},
issn = {2158-3226},
number = 11,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}