Mechanism of terahertz photoconductivity in semimetallic HgTe/CdHgTe quantum wells
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch (Russian Federation)
- Institut fuer Angewandte Physik (Germany)
- St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University (Russian Federation)
Terahertz photoconductivity in magnetic fields in semimetallic HgTe/CdHgTe quantum wells has been studied. The main contribution to photoconductivity comes from a signal that appears as a result of electron-gas heating. It is shown that, with the cyclotron resonance conditions satisfied, the photoconductivity signal is composed of cyclotron-resonance and bolometric components. However, in this case too, the bolometric contribution predominates.
- OSTI ID:
- 22038976
- Journal Information:
- Semiconductors, Vol. 46, Issue 5; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2012 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7826
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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