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Magnetoplasmon excitations in an array of periodically modulated quantum wires

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

Motivated by the recent experiment of Hochgraefe et al., we have investigated the magnetoplasmon excitations in a periodic array of quantum wires with a periodic modulation along the wire direction. The equilibrium and dynamic properties of the system are treated self-consistently within the Thomas-Fermi-Dirac-von Weizsaecker approximation. A calculation of the dynamical response of the system to a far-infrared radiation field reveals a resonant anticrossing between the Kohn mode and a finite-wavevector longitudinal excitation which is induced by the density modulation along the wires. Our theoretical calculations are found to be in excellent agreement with experiment.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0011138,
  title  = {Magnetoplasmon excitations in an array of periodically modulated quantum wires},
  author = {B. P. van Zyl and E. Zaremba},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0011138},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, 8 figures