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Electron Effective Mass and g Factor in Wide HgTe Quantum Wells

Journal Article · · Semiconductors
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  1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch (Russian Federation)
  2. Russian Academy of Sciences, Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch (Russian Federation)
The magnetic-field (0 T < B < 9 T) dependence of the longitudinal and Hall resistances at fixed temperatures (2 K < T < 50 K) for the HgCdTe/HgTe/HgCdTe system with a HgTe quantum well 20.3 nm in width are measured. The activation analysis of the magnetoresistance curves is used as a tool for identifying the mobility gaps between neighboring Landau levels. The activation-energy values obtained from the temperature dependences of the longitudinal resistance in the plateau regions of the quantum Hall effect with the filling factors ν = 1, 2, 3 make it possible to estimate the effective mass and the g factor of electrons in the system under study. Indications concerning the possibility of large values of the g factor (≅ 80) are obtained.
OSTI ID:
22756190
Journal Information:
Semiconductors, Journal Name: Semiconductors Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 52; ISSN SMICES; ISSN 1063-7826
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English