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Magnetotunneling spectroscopy of polarons in a quantum well of a resonant-tunneling diode

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Resonant tunneling of electrons is thoroughly studied in in-plane magnetic fields. Anticrossing is revealed in a spectrum of two-dimensional electrons at energies of optical phonons. The magnetic field changes the momentum of tunneling electrons and causes a voltage shift of a resonance in the tunnel spectra in accordance with the electron dispersion curve. Anticrossing is clearly observed in second derivative current-voltage characteristics of a resonant tunneling diode made of a double-barrier Al0.4Ga0.6As/GaAs heterostructure.

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  1. Institute of Microelectronics Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, 142432, Russia

    V. G. Popov & V. G. Krishtop

  2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow region, 141700, Russia

    V. G. Popov & V. G. Krishtop

  3. School of Physics and Astronomy of Nottingham University, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK

    O. N. Makarovskii & M. Henini

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Original Russian Text © V.G. Popov, V.G. Krishtop, O.N. Makarovskii, M. Henini, 2010, published in Russian in Zhurnal Éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, 2010, Vol. 138, No. 2, pp. 249–254.

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Popov, V.G., Krishtop, V.G., Makarovskii, O.N. et al. Magnetotunneling spectroscopy of polarons in a quantum well of a resonant-tunneling diode. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 111, 220–224 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776110080108

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