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Moskalenko O. I., Koronovskii A. A., Hramov A. E., Alekseev K. N., Balanov A. G. Effect of external periodic force on the dynamics of thecharge domains in semiconductor superlattice. Izvestiya VUZ. Applied Nonlinear Dynamics, 2011, vol. 19, iss. 3, pp. 143-153. DOI: 10.18500/0869-6632-2011-19-3-143-153

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10.18500/0869-6632-2011-19-3-143-153

Effect of external periodic force on the dynamics of thecharge domains in semiconductor superlattice

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Moskalenko Olga Igorevna, Saratov State University
Koronovskii Aleksei Aleksandrovich, Saratov State University
Hramov Aleksandr Evgenevich, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
Alekseev Kirill Nikolaevich, Loughborough University
Balanov Aleksandr Gennadevich, Loughborough University
Abstract: 

Periodic external signal effect on the collective dynamics of charge in semiconductor superlattice is studied. It is shown, that periodically-oscillating external electrical field can synchronize the transport of domains of the high density of charge as well as oscillations of electrical current flowing through the superlattice. Synchronization tongues are occurred in the control parameter «frequency of electrical field – electrical field amplitude» plane, and the width of such tongues does not almost depend on the frequency of external field and proper frequency of the domain follow ratio. Synchronization is shown to be accompanied by the sharp increase of absorbtion on the frequency of external field.

Key words: 
Semiconductor superlattice
charge domains
synchronization
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Received: 
17.12.2010
Accepted: 
04.04.2011
Published: 
29.07.2011
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