Magnetoresistance oscillations due to Zener tunneling and microwave radiation in a 2D electron gas in GaAs quantum well with AlAs/GaAs superlattices barriers

The effect of microwave radiation in the frequency range from 1.2 to 10 GHz on the magnetoresistance of a high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas has been studied in a GaAs quantum well with AlAs/GaAs superlattice barriers. It has been found that the microwave field induces magnetoresistance oscillations periodic in the reciprocal magnetic field (1/B). It has been shown that the period of these oscillations in the covered frequency range depends on the microwave radiation power.     

Giant magnetoresistance oscillations induced by microwave radiation and a zero-resistance state in a 2D electron system with a moderate mobility

The effect of a microwave field in the frequency range from 54 to 140 GHz on the magnetotransport in a GaAs quantum well with AlAs/GaAs superlattice barriers and with an electron mobility no higher than 10⁶ cm²/V s is investigated. In the given two-dimensional system under the effect of microwave radiation, giant resistance oscillations are observed with their positions in the magnetic field being determined by the ratio of the radiation frequency to the cyclotron frequency. Earlier, such oscillations had only been observed in GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures with much higher mobilities. When the samples under study are irradiated with a 140-GHz microwave field, the resistance corresponding to the main oscillation minimum, which occurs near the cyclotron resonance, appears to be close to zero. The results of the study suggest that a mobility value lower than 10⁶ cm²/V s does not prevent the formation of zero-resistance states in a magnetic field in a two-dimensional system under the effect of microwave radiation.     

Magnetophonon resonance in a GaAs quantum well with AlAs/GaAs superlattice barriers at high filling factors

The magnetotransport of a high-mobility 2D electron gas in single GaAs quantum wells with AlAs/GaAs superlattice barriers is studied at high filling factors. For the selectively doped structures under study in the temperature range from 10 to 25 K, magnetoresistance oscillations periodic in the inverse magnetic field are observed with their frequency being proportional to the Fermi wave vector of the 2D electron gas. The experimental results are explained by the interaction of the 2D electron gas with leaky interface acoustic phonons.     

Observation of a node in the quantum oscillations induced by microwave radiation

The microwave induced magnetoresistance in a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure was studied at temperatures below 1 K and frequencies in the range of 150-400 GHz. A distinct node in the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations, induced by the microwave radiation, is clearly observed. The node position coincides with the position of the cyclotron resonance on the carriers with effective mass (0.068±0.005)m₀.     

Low temperature magnetoresistance of GaAs/AiGaAs corrugated-gate wires

We study quantum interference effects which are observed in the low temperature magnetoresistance of corrugated-gate wires fabricated in the GaAs/AlGaAs modulation-doped heterostructure system. Negative magnetoresistance, which appears over a large range of magnetic field, is observed. In addition, small oscillations in the magnetoresistance are observed. We believe these results are caused by boundary (or geometry-induced) scattering, within the gated wire, which evolves as the nature of the system changes from a quantum-dot array to a wire with weak modulation.     

Microwave-induced magnetic field state with zero conductivity in GaAs/AlAs Corbino disks and hall bars

The microwave photoconductivity of the 2D electron gas in GaAs/AlAs heterostructures has been investigated at a temperature of 4.2 K in magnetic fields up to 1.5 T. It has been found that the magnetic field state with zero conductivity appears in GaAs/AlAs Corbino disks irradiated by 130.70-GHz microwave radiation. This state was previously observed only in GaAs/AlGaAs Corbino disks with much higher electron mobility and lower density. It has been shown that the microwave photoconductivity measured in high magnetic fields on Corbino disks can significantly differ from the value calculated from the results of the measurements on Hall bars. This difference is explained by the fact that the conditions of the appearing magnetoplasmons that affect the magnitude and character of the microwave photoconductivity (photoresistance) in the Corbino disks are nonequivalent to those in the Hall bars.     

Microwave response of a ballistic quantum dot

The microwave response (photovoltage and photoconductance) of a lateral ballistic quantum dot made of a high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas in an AlGaAs/GaAs heterojunction has been studied experimentally in the frequency range of 110–170 GHz. It has been found that the asymmetry of the photovoltage with respect to the sign of the magnetic field has mesoscopic character and depends on both the magnetic field and the microwave power. This indicates the violation of the Onsager reciprocity relations regarding the electron-electron interactions in the mesoscopic photovoltaic effect. A strong increase in the conductance of the quantum dot induced by the microwave radiation and unrelated to heating, as well as the microwave-induced magneto-oscillations, has been discovered.     

Absolute negative resistance in a nonequilibrium two-dimensional electron system in a strong magnetic field

The effect of microwave electromagnetic radiation on the resistance of the 2D electron gas in a GaAs/AlAs heterostructure in a strong magnetic field is investigated. It is shown that, under the nonequilibrium conditions caused by microwave radiation, the aforementioned 2D system exhibits giant oscillations of its resistance with varying magnetic field. When the measuring current density is small, an increase in the microwave power leads to the appearance of an absolute negative resistance at the main minimum of these oscillations, which lies near the cyclotron resonance. The experimental data are found to be in qualitative agreement with the theory of multiphoton photoinduced impurity scattering [J. Inarrea and G. Platero, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 052109 (2006)].     

Giant magnetoresistance oscillations caused by cyclotron resonance harmonics

For high-mobility two-dimensional electrons at a GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction, we have studied, both experimentally and theoretically, the recently discovered giant magnetoresistance oscillations with nearly zero resistance in the oscillation minima which appear under microwave radiation. We have proposed a model based on nonequilibrium occupation of Landau levels caused by radiation which describes the oscillation picture.     

Coherence properties of submicron GaAs/AlGaAs rings with a ferromagnetic gate

In the present work, the Aharonov–Bohm effect in submicron GaAs/AlGaAs ring with an in-plane ferromagnetic gate is investigated. The experiment is based on the study of the derivatives of magnetoresistance and microwave EMF to gate voltage. The experimental results are explained by electron wave interference in the presence of an inhomogeneous magnetic field in the ring.     

Frequency multiplication of microwave radiation in a semiconductor superlattice by electrons capable to perform Bloch oscillations

We report the observation of frequency multiplication of microwave radiation in a GaAs/AlAs semiconductor superlattice at room temperature. We observed, for a fundamental frequency of 9 GHz, second and third harmonic generation. We associate the harmonic generation with a nonlinear current-voltage characteristic that is determined by Bloch oscillations of electrons propagating along the superlattice axis. Our results suggest for the frequency multiplication an upper limit in the tetrahertz frequency range.     

Oscillations of the magnetoresistance of a two-dimensional electron gas under microwave irradiation: Influence of the irradiation frequency

We present measurements of the magnetoresistance of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) under continuous microwave as a function of the irradiation frequency. In a previous work by Simovič et al. [Phys. Rev. B 71 (2005) 233303], the magnetoresistance under microwave was shown to be modulated by oscillations of large amplitude that are periodic with magnetic field, their period and phase depending strongly on the electron density. Here we show that the phase and the amplitude of the microwave-induced oscillations also depend on the frequency of irradiation and the sign of the magnetic field.     

Photovoltaic effect in submicron ballistic rings

Photovoltaic effect is investigated for ballistic AlGaAs/GaAs rings under microwave radiation. The comparison of microwave EMF versus magnetic field dependencies and magnetoresistance shows that in ballistic rings the photovoltaic effect is due to the absence of central symmetry in microstructure geometry.     

Evolution of the energy structure of n-InGaAs/GaAs double quantum wells in tilted magnetic fields

Complex variations of a magnetoresistance oscillation pattern with a tilted magnetic field angle are found in a n-In_0.2Ga_0.8As/GaAs double quantum well. These variations reflect the nontrivial behavior of gaps in the calculated magnetic level patterns. Fourier spectra of oscillations in tilted fields also exhibit a complex structure, and the sum of frequencies of peaks is not constant. It is assumed that this is associated with the magnetic breakdown effect.     

Microwave induced magnetoresistance oscillations at the subharmonics of the cyclotron resonance

The magnetoresistance oscillations that occur in a two-dimensional electron system exposed to strong microwave radiation when the microwave frequency ω coincides with the nth subharmonic of the cyclotron frequency ω _c have been investigated for n = 2, 3, and 4. It is shown that these subharmonic features can be explained within a nonequilibrium energy distribution function picture without invoking multiphoton absorption processes. The existence of a frequency threshold above which such oscillations disappear lends further support to this explanation. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Filamentation of laser radiation in DC biased GaAs

In this paper, we have examined the filamentation instability of laser radiation in a GaAs sample in the negative differential resistivity region. A dc electric field is applied to assist the laser beam transferring electrons in the conduction band from the lower valley to upper satellite valleys, i.e. in increasing the effective mass of electrons. The instability causes the space charge perturbations in the microwave range of frequencies. The nonlinearity arises through the energy dependence of the effective mass and the ponderomotive force on the electrons. The instability has finite frequency and possesses large growth rate which is greatly influenced by the dc electric field.     

Magnetotransport properties of a ballistic ring interferometer on the basis of a GaAs quantum well with a high concentration of 2D electron gas

Magnetotransport properties of ballistic ring interferometers made on the basis of 2D electron gas in a GaAs quantum well with AlAs/GaAs superlattice barriers are studied. An asymmetry of magnetoresistance and a phase reversal in h/e oscillations are observed when the bias voltage across the ring exceeds kT/e.     

Beatings of Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in a two-dimensional hole system in an InGaAs quantum well

The magnetoresistance of an InGaAs/GaAs heterostructure with a two-dimensional hole channel has been measured in quantizing magnetic fields. Beatings of Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations have been observed, which indicate that the spin degeneracy of the system is lifted owing to the spin-orbit interaction. The oscillation pattern is independent of the magnetic field component parallel to the two-dimensional system; this independence is characteristic of size-quantization heavy-hole subbands.     

Microwave photoresistance in a two-dimensional electron system with anisotropic mobility

The effect of microwave radiation on magnetotransport in single GaAs quantum wells with anisotropic mobility, whose maximum corresponds to the $[1\bar 10]$ direction and minimum to the [110] direction, is investigated using the Van der Pauw method. In samples shaped as squares with sides oriented along the $[1\bar 10]$ and [110] directions, giant oscillations of magnetoresistance arise under the effect of a microwave field for the both $[1\bar 10]$ and [110] orientations of the measuring current I _ac. In the anisotropic two-dimensional system under study, the relative amplitude of microwave photoresistance oscillations in a magnetic field weakly depends on the orientation of I _ac. At a temperature of 4.2 K and a microwave frequency of 130 GHz, magnetic field intervals characterized by close-to-zero resistance manifest themselves only for the case of the [110] orientation of I _ac. The aforementioned experimental results are qualitatively explained by a quasi-one-dimensional potential modulation of the two-dimensional electron gas in the [110] direction.     

Radiation-induced magnetoresistance oscillations in a 2D electron gas

Recent measurements of a 2D electron gas subjected to microwave radiation reveal a magnetoresistance with an oscillatory dependence on the ratio of radiation frequency to cyclotron frequency. We perform a diagrammatic calculation and find radiation-induced resistivity oscillations with the correct period and phase. Results are explained via a simple picture of current induced by photoexcited disorder-scattered electrons. The oscillations increase with radiation intensity, easily exceeding the dark resistivity and resulting in negative-resistivity minima. At high intensity, we identify additional features, likely due to multiphoton processes, which have yet to be observed experimentally.