Klappenberger, Florian and Alekseev, K. N. and Renk, K. F. and Scheuerer, R. and Schomburg, E. and Allen, S. J. and Ramian, G. R. and Scott, J. S. S. and Kovsh, A. and Ustinov, V. and Zhukov, A. (2004) Ultrafast creation and annihilation of space-charge domains in a semiconductor superlattice observed by use of Terahertz fields. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B, 39 (4). pp. 483-489. ISSN 1434-6028,
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We report an experimental study indicating ultrafast creation and annihilation of space-charge domains in a semiconductor superlattice under the action of a THz field. Our experiment was performed for an InGaAs/InAlAs superlattice with the conduction electrons undergoing miniband transport. We applied to a superlattice a dc bias that was slightly smaller than a critical bias necessary for the formation of space-charge domains caused by a static negative differential conductivity. Additionally subjecting the superlattice to a strong THz field, resulted in a dc transport governed by the formation of domains if the frequency of the field was smaller than an upper frequency limit (similar to3 THz). From this frequency limit for the creation and annihilation of domains we determined the characteristic time of the domain buildup. Our analysis shows that the buildup time of domains in a wide miniband and heavily doped superlattice is limited by the relaxation time due to scattering of the miniband electrons at polar optic phonons. Our results are of importance for both an understanding of ultrafast dynamics of pattern formation in nanostructures and the development of THz electronic devices.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTIVITY; DC VOLTAGE GENERATION; FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION; OSCILLATIONS; RESISTANCE; INSTABILITY; RADIATION; DRIVEN; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 530 Physics |
| Divisions: | Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Alumni or Retired Professors > Group Karl F. Renk |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2021 07:32 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jul 2021 07:32 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/37575 |
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