Extended states and dynamical localization in semiconductor superlattices

We study the quantum dynamics of electronic wave packets in quantum-well based semiconductor superlattices subject to an applied electric field. Using a high-accuracy numerical method, we analyze the dynamical behavior of electronic wave packets in periodic, random and random dimer superlattices. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Domínguez-Adame Acosta, Francisco, Sánchez, A., Díez Alcántara, Eduardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1997
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/59369
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59369
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Bloch Oscillations
Física de materiales
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Sumario:We study the quantum dynamics of electronic wave packets in quantum-well based semiconductor superlattices subject to an applied electric field. Using a high-accuracy numerical method, we analyze the dynamical behavior of electronic wave packets in periodic, random and random dimer superlattices. The spatial extent of electronic states is characterized by means of the time-dependent inverse participation ratio. We show that the delocalized states recently found in random dimer superlattices become spatially localized under the action of the applied field (dynamical localization) but wavepackets are much less localized than in purely random superlattices at moderate field. We conclude that the resonant tunneling effects causing delocalization in dimer superlattices play an important role even in the presence of moderate electric field.