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Electric Properties of II–VI Compound Superlattices

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The Physics of the Two-Dimensional Electron Gas

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Semiconductor superlattices (SL), which have been first proposed by Esaki and Tsu1 in 1970, consist of thin alternate layers of two different semiconductors. In these periodic structures, the layer thickness ranges roughly from 10 A to a few hundred A, smaller than or comparable to the electron mean free path or to the de Broglie wavelength, but larger than the interatomic spacing. In this case, the considered system is two-dimensional, at least in first approximation, and quantum effects can be expected to occur, changing the electronic structure of the involved materials and leading to unusual transport and optical properties.

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Berroir, J.M., Voos, M. (1987). Electric Properties of II–VI Compound Superlattices. In: Devreese, J.T., Peeters, F.M. (eds) The Physics of the Two-Dimensional Electron Gas. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1907-8_10

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