Abstract
We have investigated the wave-vector and magnetic-field dependence of plasmons propagating along quantum wires by means of resonant Raman spectroscopy. We observe a mode with a well-pronounced negative dispersion that arises from the skipping-orbit motion of the individual electrons within the collective excitation. At higher frequencies we find a set of additional modes that represent a superposition of freely propagating oscillations along the wire and confined oscillations perpendicular to the wires. These modes exhibit in a magnetic field a strong interaction with harmonics, , of the cyclotron frequency
- Received 31 July 1997
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.56.R12760
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