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Time dependence of transmission in semiconductor superlattices

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-05-23 v3

Abstract

Time delay in electron propagation through a finite periodic system such as a semiconductor superlattice is studied by direct numerical solution of the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation. It is found that addition of an anti-reflection coating significantly reduces the time delay, in addition to increasing the transmissivity.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0411118,
  title  = {Time dependence of transmission in semiconductor superlattices},
  author = {C. N. Veenstra and W. van Dijk and D. W. L. Sprung and J. Martorell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0411118},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Version 3: revised sec III b., added appendix and refs. 10 pages, 11 figs. Version 2: major revision, especially pages 5-9; additional references, 9 pages, 11 figures. Version 1 was 7 pages, 11 figures