We find the conditions for a rectification of electromagnetic wave in a lateral semiconductor superlattice with a high mobility of electrons. The rectification is assisted by a transition to a dissipative chaos at a very high mobility. We show that mechanism responsible for the rectification is a creation of warm electrons in the superlattice miniband caused by an interplay of the effects of nonlinearity and finite band width.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0111454,
title = {Chaos and rectification of electromagnetic wave in a lateral semiconductor superlattice},
author = {Kirill N. Alekseev and Pekka Pietilainen and Alexander A. Zharov and Feodor V. Kusmartsev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0111454},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures (2 color figs). Sufficient revision in comparison with version1: More explanations on physics of the effect are added. Removed from version1 material will be published elsewhere