Controlling high-frequency collective electron dynamics via single-particle complexity
We demonstrate, through experiment and theory, enhanced high-frequency current oscillations due to magnetically-induced conduction resonances in superlattices. Strong increase in the ac power originates from complex single-electron dynamics, characterized by abrupt resonant transitions between unbou...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Physical review letters 2012-07, Vol.109 (2), p.024102-024102, Article 024102 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We demonstrate, through experiment and theory, enhanced high-frequency current oscillations due to magnetically-induced conduction resonances in superlattices. Strong increase in the ac power originates from complex single-electron dynamics, characterized by abrupt resonant transitions between unbound and localized trajectories, which trigger and shape propagating charge domains. Our data demonstrate that external fields can tune the collective behavior of quantum particles by imprinting configurable patterns in the single-particle classical phase space. |
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ISSN: | 0031-9007 1079-7114 |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.024102 |