Tunneling spectroscopy of hole plasmons in a valence-band quantum well
- Department of Physics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD (United Kingdom)
- Department of Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522 (Australia)
We investigate the current-voltage characteristics of a {ital p}-doped resonant tunneling diode. In the voltage range slightly above the bias corresponding to resonant tunneling of holes into the first light-hole subband of the quantum well, we observe two satellite peaks which we attribute to plasmon-assisted tunneling transitions. A theoretical model is presented to account for these peaks. The model is based on the excitation of intrasubband and intersubband heavy-hole plasmons in the quantum well by hot holes injected close to the energy of the first light-hole subband. We also study the behavior of the satellites when a magnetic field is applied either parallel to or perpendicular to the current. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}
- OSTI ID:
- 388312
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 54, Issue 16; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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