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Terahertz radiation induced chaotic electron transport in semiconductor superlattices with a tilted magnetic field. (English) Zbl 1374.82042

Summary: Chaotic electron transport in semiconductor superlattice induced by terahertz electric field that is superimposed on a dc electric field along the superlattice axis are studied using the semiclassical motion equations including the effect of dissipation. A magnetic field that is tilted relative to the superlattice axis is also applied to the system. Numerical simulation shows that electrons in superlattice miniband exhibit complicate nonlinear oscillating modes with the influence of terahertz radiation. Transitions between frequency-locking and chaos via pattern forming bifurcations are observed with the varying of terahertz amplitude. It is found that the chaotic regions gradually contract as the dissipation increases. We attribute the appearance of complicate nonlinear oscillation in superlattice to the interaction between terahertz radiation and internal cooperative oscillating mode relative to Bloch oscillation and cyclotron oscillation.{
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82D37 Statistical mechanics of semiconductors
82C70 Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics
78A40 Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory
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