Self-induced acoustic transparency in semiconductor quantum films

We develop a quantum theory of the nonlinear interaction between intense surface acoustic waves and electrons in a quantum well in the regime of moving quantum wires and dots. In the quantum nonlinear regime, the sound attenuation exhibits quantum oscillations and dramatically decreases with increas...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2001-11, Vol.87 (22), p.226803-226803, Article 226803
Hauptverfasser: Govorov, A O, Kalameitsev, A V, Kovalev, V M, Kutschera, H J, Wixforth, A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We develop a quantum theory of the nonlinear interaction between intense surface acoustic waves and electrons in a quantum well in the regime of moving quantum wires and dots. In the quantum nonlinear regime, the sound attenuation exhibits quantum oscillations and dramatically decreases with increasing quantization. In the case of dynamically created electron dots formed by two acoustic waves, the waves can propagate without any dissipation in the limit of high sound intensity and, hence, the electron quantum film acts as an acoustically quasitransparent material.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.226803