Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2007-08-16
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
3 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physe.2007.08.115
Far-infrared cyclotron resonance photoconductivity (CRP) is investigated in HgTe quantum wells (QWs) of various widths grown on (013) oriented GaAs substrates. It is shown that CRP is caused by the heating of two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). From the resonance magnetic field strength effective masses and their dependence on the carrier concentration is obtained. We found that the effective mass in each sample slightly increases from the value (0.0260 \pm 0.0005)m_0 at N_s = 2.2x10^11 cm^(-2) to (0.0335 \pm 0.0005)m_0 at N_s = 9.6x10^11 cm^(-2). Compared to determination of effective masses by the temperature dependence of magnitudes of the Shubnikov-de Haas (SdH) oscillations used so far in this material our measurements demonstrate that the CRP provides a more accurate (about few percents) tool. Combining optical methods with transport measurements we found that the transport time substantially exceeds the cyclotron resonance lifetime as well as the quantum lifetime which is the shortest.
Danilov Sergey N.
Dvoretsky Sergey A.
Ganichev Sergey D.
Kvon Ze Don
Mikhailov Nikolay N.
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