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Magnetoresistance of an asymmetric quantum-size structure in a parallel magnetic field: Field asymmetry independent of the current direction

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A new phenomenon, viz., field-asymmetric transverse magnetoresistance of a doped asymmetric quantum-size structure discovered in a magnetic field parallel to the heteroboundary planes, is studied experimentally and theoretically. The magnetoresistance asymmetry relative to the field direction, which is independent of the direction of transport current, is observed when a lateral electric field is embedded in the structure with the help of alloyed metallic contacts. In the theoretical part of the paper, it is shown that the contribution to current, which is asymmetric in the magnetic field, can be consistently described in the framework of the theory of spontaneous current states and photovoltaic effect in systems without an inversion center; the reason behind the emergence of this current is associated with the asymmetry of the energy spectrum of charge carriers relative to the quasimomentum. It is shown that the change in the size and shape of Fermi contours in a magnetic field determines the magnitude of the strong negative magnetoresistance associated with the intersubband scattering under investigation and is found to be responsible for the emergence of a qualitatively new effect mentioned in the title of this paper.

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  1. Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering (Technological University), Moscow, 103498, Russia

    A. A. Gorbatsevich

  2. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    V. V. Kapaev, Yu. V. Kopaev, I. V. Kucherenko, O. E. Omel’yanovskii & V. I. Tsebro

  3. International Laboratory of Strong Magnetic Fields and Low Temperatures, 53421, Wroclaw, Poland

    O. E. Omel’yanovskii & V. I. Tsebro

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Translated from Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) Fiziki, Vol. 120, No. 4, 2001, pp. 954–969.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2001 by Gorbatsevich, Kapaev, Kopaev, Kucherenko, Omel’yanovski\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\), Tsebro.

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Gorbatsevich, A.A., Kapaev, V.V., Kopaev, Y.V. et al. Magnetoresistance of an asymmetric quantum-size structure in a parallel magnetic field: Field asymmetry independent of the current direction. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 93, 833–845 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1420453

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