Observation of chaotic behavior in an electron-hole plasma in Ge

Journal Article · Sun Mar 18 23:00:00 EST 1984 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.1037· OSTI ID:6999026

Held, G A; Jeffries, C; Haller, E E

Spontaneous current oscillations which develop chaotic behavior are reported for an electron-hole plasma in a crystal of Ge at 77 K in parallel electric and magnetic fields. The observed behavior includes a period-doubling route to chaos with increasing applied electric field, regions of broadband noise which contain noise-free periodic windows, and bifurcations from quasiperiodic states to turbulence. A rate-equation model, which includes nonlinear coupling between unstable and damped plasma density waves, is presented.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics and Materials and Molecular Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 6999026
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 52:12; ISSN PRLTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
COUPLING
CURRENTS
DATA
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ELECTRON-HOLE DROPLETS
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUCTUATIONS
GERMANIUM
INFORMATION
LOW TEMPERATURE
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
METALS
NUMERICAL DATA
OSCILLATIONS
PLASMA
PLASMA WAVES
SOLID-STATE PLASMA
TURBULENCE
VARIATIONS