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Electron-photon drag in a superlattice under the action of a strong electric field

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An expression for the current that appears due to the charge carrier drag by a monochromatic electromagnetic wave propagating along a semiconductor superlattice (SL) is obtained for the case when the electric field vector of the wave is parallel to the SL vector and a constant bias electric field is applied along the SL axis. The dependence of the drag current on the bais electric field strength has a nonmonotonic (resonant) character and shows that the drag effect changes sign at a sufficiently large bias field strength.

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    D. V. Zav℉yalov, S. V. Kryuchkov & E. S. Sivashova

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Original Russian Text © D.V. Zav’yalov, S.V. Kryuchkov, E.S. Sivashova, 2006, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2006, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 11–15.

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Zav℉yalov, D.V., Kryuchkov, S.V. & Sivashova, E.S. Electron-photon drag in a superlattice under the action of a strong electric field. Tech. Phys. Lett. 32, 143–145 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785006020179

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