Nonlinear Screening and the Metal–Insulator Transition in a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas

Russian Physics Journal - The density functional theory is used to study the nonlinear screening properties of a two-dimensional electron gas in a strong magnetic field. The Kohn-Sham equations for...     

Solution of Self-Consistent Kohn–Sham and Poisson Equations for Quasi Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in the Accumulation Layer of Semiconductor with Nonparabolic Conduction Band

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics - We generalize the method proposed previously for a self-consistent solution of the system of the Kohn–Sham and Poisson equations to the case...     

Anderson Localization in a Two-Dimensional Electron–Hole System

JETP Letters - Anderson localization is discovered in a highly disordered two-dimensional electron–hole system in a HgTe quantum well. The behavior of this localization is fundamentally...     

Electron Transport Properties of Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in BexZn1−xO/ZnO Heterostructures

In this study, we have numerically investigated the conduction band structures, the carrier densities and the electron probability densities of pseudomorphic grown Be_xZn_1?xO/ZnO heterostructures using self-consistent solutions of one-dimensional, non linear Schrödinger–Poisson equations. In the calculations, two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) formations were observed in the studied heterostructures and the effects of layer thickness and Be-mole fraction (x) of Be_xZn_1?xO barrier layer on 2DEG were described. For possible transistor device applications, 10 nm Be_xZn_1?xO barrier layer structure with x = 0.08 has been suggested. For this structure, we examined the variation of electron mobility with temperature using analytical calculations. Because of the polarization-induced low carrier densities, we found that the background impurity scattering has a strong effect on total electron mobility even at room temperature.     

Magnetointersubband Oscillations of the Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in AlxGa1-xN／GaN Heterostructures

Shubnikov-de Haas (SdH) measurements are performed over a temperature range of 1.5-20 K in Al0.22 Ga0.78N/GaN heterostructures with two subbands occupied. In addition to an intermodulation between two sets of SdH oscillations from the first and second subbands, a beating in oscillatory magnetoresistance at 12K is observed, due to the mixing of the first subband SdH oscillations and ‘magnetointersubband‘ (MIS) oscillations. A phase shift of π between the SdH and MIS oscillations is also clearly identified. Our experimental results, i.e. that the SdH oscillations dominate at low temperature and MIS oscillations dominate at high temperature, fully comply with the expected behaviour of MIS oscillations.     

Terahertz Cyclotron Photoconductivity in a Highly Unbalanced Two-Dimensional Electron–Hole System

The magnetic properties of the α-Fe₂O₃ hematite at a high hydrostatic pressure have been studied by synchrotron Mössbauer spectroscopy (nuclear forward scattering (NFS)) on iron nuclei. Time-domain NFS spectra of hematite have been measured in a diamond anvil cell in the pressure range of 0–72 GPa and the temperature range of 36–300 K in order to study the magnetic properties at a phase transition near a critical pressure of ~50 GPa. In addition, Raman spectra at room temperature have been studied in the pressure range of 0–77 GPa. Neon has been used as a pressure-transmitting medium. The appearance of an intermediate electronic state has been revealed at a pressure of ~48 GPa. This state is probably related to the spin crossover in Fe³⁺ ions at their transition from the high-spin state (HS, S = 5/2) to a low-spin one (LS, S = 1/2). It has been found that the transient pressure range of the HS–LS crossover is extended from 48 to 55 GPa and is almost independent of the temperature. This surprising result differs fundamentally from other cases of the spin crossover in Fe³⁺ ions observed in other crystals based on iron oxides. The transition region of spin crossover appears because of thermal fluctuations between HS and LS states in the critical pressure range and is significantly narrowed at cooling because of the suppression of thermal excitations. The magnetic P–T phase diagram of α-Fe₂O₃ at high pressures and low temperatures in the spin crossover region has been constructed according to the results of measurements.     

Electron–Hole Dimers in the Parent Phase of Quasi–2D Cuprates

Physics of the Solid State - The key feature of parent cuprates of the La2CuO4 type, in addition to their high ionic polarizability and closeness to polarization catastrophe, is identified as their...     

Collective Modes of a Quasi-Two-Dimensional Superfluid Fermi Gas in BCS-BEC Crossover

We investigate the collective modes of a quasi-two-dimensional （Q2D） superfluid Fermi gas in Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer Bose-Einstein condensation （BCS-BEC） crossover. For solving a generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equation by using a time-dependent variational method, we take a trial wavefunction with the form of hybrid Gaussianparabolic type, which not only reflects the Q2D character of the system and also allows an essentially analytical approach of the problem. We present a Q2D criterion that is valid for various superfluid regimes and displays clearly the relation between the maximum condensed particle number and the parameters of trapping potential as well as atom-atom interaction. We show that due to the small particle number in the Q2D condensate, the contribution to oscillating frequencies by the quantum pressure in the strong confinement direction is significant and hence a Thomas-Fermi approximation can not be used.     

Photoluminescence Investigation of Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in an Undoped AlxGa1-xN／GaN Heterostructure

Low-temperature photoluminescence measurement is performed on an undoped AlxGa1-xN/GaN heterostructure. Temperature-dependent Hall mobility confirms the formation of two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) near the heterointerface. A weak photoluminescence (PL) peak with the energy of - 79meV lower than the free exciton (FE) emission of bulk GaN is related to the radiative recombination between electrons confined in the triangular well and the holes near the fiat-band region of GaN. Its identification is supported by the solution of coupled one-dimensional Poisson and Schr6dinger equations. When the temperature increases, the red shift of the 2DEG related emission peak is slower than that of the FE peak. The enhanced screening effect coming from the increasing 2DEG concentration and the varying electron distribution at two lowest subbands as a function of temperature account for such behaviour.     

Interactions between Surface Impurities and the Electron–Hole System of a Semiconductor Crystal

The effects of creation and annihilation of impurities on the surface of a highly doped semiconductor under changes in the surface concentration n of dopant atoms constituting impurities are predicted theoretically. The effects are determined by electrostatic interactions of charged surface impurity species with charge carriers and semiconductor ions. The effects are observed in a certain range of n, provided the surface impurities exhibit donor (acceptor) properties, and the semiconductor is doped with an acceptor (donor) impurity.     

Time-Domain Scattering Modelling of Two-Dimensional Cylinder Located on a Rough Surface

Numerical modelling on the transient electromagnetic scattering by a two-dimensional （21）） cylinder located on a time-evolving rough surface is presented by using time-domain integral equations. The proposed special choice of a tapered Gauss pulse incident wave removes the truncation error from the rough surface. Additionally, a two-level averaging technique is utilized to overcome the instability from the time marching procedure of solving integral equations. Excellent correspondences between the surface current distributions, as well as the far-zone fields, computed by the proposed method and that obtained by the traditional method of moments associated with the inverse discrete Fourier transformation scheme demonstrate the accuracy of the modelling.     

Effect of Multiple Scattering of a Relativistic Electron Beam in a Gas–Plasma Medium on the Dynamics of the Resistive Hose Instability

We consider the effect of the multiple Coulomb scattering on the spatial dynamics of the relativistic hose instability of a relativistic electron beam propagating along an Ohmic plasma channel. It is shown that the enhancement of scattering noticeably suppresses this instability.

     

Quantum Droplets in a Mixture of Bose–Fermi Superfluids

We study the formation of quantum droplets in the mixture of a single-component Bose–Einstein condensate(BEC),and a two-species Fermi superfluid across a wide Feshbach resonance.With repulsive boson-boson and attractive boson-fermion interactions,we show that quantum droplets can be stabilized by attractive fermionfermion interactions on the Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer(BCS) side of the resonance,and can also exist in the deep BEC regime under weak boson-fermion interactions.We map out the phase di...     

Symmetry breaking of a Bose–Fermi mixture in a triple-well potential

We investigate the properties of a one-dimensional Bose–Fermi mixture in a triple-well potential with two equally populated spin components at zero temperature. Based on the coupled equations for a Bose–Fermi mixture, we illustrate the symmetry breaking of the Bose–Fermi mixture with different strengths of interspecies and intraspecies interactions that are induced by changing the particle numbers of bosons and fermions. The several novel density profiles of symmetric and asymmetric ground states in the phase diagram of the (_NF,_NB$N_F,N_B$) plane are demonstrated. In addition, the variation of density as a function of _NB$N_B$ at fixed _NF$N_F$, which clearly shows the transition among distinct types of symmetric and asymmetric ground states, is illustrated.     

Hall Conductivity in a Quasi—Two—Dimensional disordered Electron System

By making use of the diagrammatic techniques in perturbation theory,we have investigated the Hall effect in a quasi-two dimensional disordered electron system.In the weakly localized regime,the analytical expression for quantum correction to Hall conductivity has been obtained using the kubo formalism and quasiclassical approximation.The relevant dimensional crossover behavior from three dimensions to two dimensions with decreasing the interlayer hopping energy is discussed.The quantum interference effect is shown to have a vanishing correction to the Hall coefficient.     

Rate of Decoherence for an Electron Weakly Coupled to a Phonon Gas

We study the dynamics of an electron weakly coupled to a phonon gas. The initial state of the electron is the superposition of two spatially localized distant bumps moving towards each other, and the phonons are in a thermal state. We investigate the dynamics of the system in the kinetic regime and show that the time evolution makes the non-diagonal terms of the density matrix of the electron decay, destroying the interference between the two bumps. We show that such a damping effect is exponential in time, and the related decay rate is proportional to the total scattering cross section of the electron-phonon interaction.     

Unoccupied Electron States of Ultrathin Films of Thiophene–Phenylene Cooligomers on the Surface of Polycrystalline Gold

Physics of the Solid State - Unoccupied electronic states in the energy range from 5 to 20 eV above the Fermi level have been studied in ultrathin films of dimethyl-substituted...     

Adhesive Strength of Ni–Cu Surface Alloy Formation by Low-Energy High-Current Electron Beam

Russian Physics Journal - The paper presents the adhesive strength measurements of the Ni–Cu surface alloy formed on a copper substrate at a different thickness of the transition layer. The...     

Double Electron–Electron Resonance Between Trapped Electron and Hole in a Semiconductor

We demonstrate the spin interactions between dispersedly trapped electrons and holes in a semiconductor using the double electron–electron resonance (DEER) method of the pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) techniques. An aluminum-doped titanium dioxide crystal is adopted as a spin system, in which optically generated electrons and holes are trapped, to reveal EPR signals that appear close to each other at a selected crystal orientation under an external magnetic field. We used the four-pulse DEER method by applying two microwave frequencies to a microwave cavity for pumping electrons and probing holes at the optimum temperature of 32 K. The dipolar modulation in the probed signal by pumping interacting spins was successfully detected. The observed non-oscillating decay shape indicates that the detected interaction is caused by widely distributed trapped electron and hole spins over long distances. We were able to extract a spin-pair distribution function by the first derivative of a background-corrected curve, referring to a previously reported method.