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High-frequency conductivity of an asymmetric superlattice

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The features of high-frequency currents in superlattices lacking a center of symmetry are established theoretically. It is assumed that the asymmetry shows up in intraband electron-scattering processes. Self-induced transparency is found to be possible. In a high-frequency field the current has a dc component with a nonmonotonic dependence on the field amplitude.

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  1. Volgograd State Pedagogical University, 400013, Volgograd, Russia

    G. M. Shmelev, N. A. Soina & I. I. Maglevannyi

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  1. G. M. Shmelev
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Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 40, 1731–1733 (September 1998)

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Shmelev, G.M., Soina, N.A. & Maglevannyi, I.I. High-frequency conductivity of an asymmetric superlattice. Phys. Solid State 40, 1574–1576 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1130600

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