Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2001-07-10
Physics Reports, Vol. 357 (2002), pages 1-111
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
121 pages, figures included, to appear in Physics Reports (2001)
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0370-1573(01)00029-1
Electric transport in semiconductor superlattices is dominated by pronounced negative differential conductivity. In this report the standard transport theories for superlattices, i.e. miniband conduction, Wannier-Stark-hopping, and sequential tunneling, are reviewed in detail. Their relation to each other is clarified by a comparison with a quantum transport model based on nonequilibrium Green functions. It is demonstrated how the occurrence of negative differential conductivity causes inhomogeneous electric field distributions, yielding either a characteristic sawtooth shape of the current-voltage characteristic or self-sustained current oscillations. An additional ac-voltage in the THz range is included in the theory as well. The results display absolute negative conductance, photon-assisted tunneling, the possibility of gain, and a negative tunneling capacitance.
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