Amplification of surface modes in type II semiconductor superlattices
- 15 August 1988
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 64 (4) , 2243-2245
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.341697
Abstract
We study the drift-induced instability of surface modes in type II semiconductor superlattices, including both carrier-phonon and carrier-carrier scatterings. Stability-boundary curves are obtained for typical physical parameters. Amplification is possible for experimentally achievable drift velocities.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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