Mobility enhancement in quantum wells by electronic-state modulation

Takuma Tsuchiya and Tsuneya Ando
Phys. Rev. B 48, 4599 – Published 15 August 1993
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Abstract

A wave-function modulation induced by insertion of several thin barrier layers inside a quantum well is proposed as a method of enhancement of the electron mobility limited by scattering from optical phonons. Numerical calculations demonstrate appreciable enhancement for appropriate values of the parameters for which intersubband scattering processes are suppressed.

  • Received 29 December 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.48.4599

©1993 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Takuma Tsuchiya

  • Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., 10-1 Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi 243-01, Japan

Tsuneya Ando

  • Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106, Japan

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Vol. 48, Iss. 7 — 15 August 1993

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