Chaos in resonant-tunneling superlattices

Spatiotemporal chaos is predicted to occur in n-doped semiconductor superlattices with sequential resonant tunneling as their main charge transport mechanism. Under dc voltage bias, undamped time-dependent oscillations of the current (due to the motion and recycling of electric field domain walls) h...

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Autores: Bulashenko, Oleg, Bonilla, L. L. (Luis López), 1956-
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1995
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/10914
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/10914
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Semiconductors
Dinàmica de fluids
Efecte túnel
Fluid dynamics
Tunneling (Physics)
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Resumo:Spatiotemporal chaos is predicted to occur in n-doped semiconductor superlattices with sequential resonant tunneling as their main charge transport mechanism. Under dc voltage bias, undamped time-dependent oscillations of the current (due to the motion and recycling of electric field domain walls) have been observed in recent experiments. Chaos is the result of forcing this natural oscillation by means of an appropriate external microwave signal.