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An analysis is presented of the transverse resonant tunneling transport through GaAs/AlGaAs superlattices due to tunneling between Landau levels in quantum wells in a strong tilted magnetic field. A high tunneling rate is demonstrated between Landau levels with Δn ≠ 0 in a magnetic field with a nonzero in-plane component. This leads to substantial broadening and shift of the tunneling resonance and significant changes in the current-voltage characteristics of superlattices. The predicted behavior of the current-voltage characteristics of superlattices in tilted magnetic fields is demonstrated experimentally.
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Original Russian Text © M.P. Telenkov, Yu.A. Mityagin, 2006, published in Zhurnal Éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, 2006, Vol. 130, No. 3, pp. 491–499.
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Telenkov, M.P., Mityagin, Y.A. Resonant tunneling transport through GaAs/AlGaAs superlattices in strong tilted magnetic field. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 103, 428–435 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776106090123
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