Low-Dimensional Carriers Under In-Plane Magnetic Field: Novel Phenomena

索书号：O472/S614

Table of Contents:
Introduction

1 Quantum mechanics and thermodynamics of quasi two-dimensional carriers under in-plane magnetic field;pp. 1-18
1.1 Basics
1.2 Electron kinetics
1.3 The density of states
1.4 Thermodynamic properties and carrier concentration
1.5 The case of the single quantum well or double heterojunction

2 Magnetoresistance oscillations;pp. 19-28
2.1 Single heterojunction
2.2 Double quantum well
2.3 Wide single quantum well

3 Plasmons;pp. 29-51
3.1 Plasmons in single quantum wells
3.1.1 Theory
3.1.2 Collective excitations
3.1.3 Plasmon dispersions
3.2 Plasmons in double quantum wells
3.2.1 Plasmons in double quantum wells without magnetic field .
3.2.2 Plasmons in double quantum wells with parallel magnetic field

4 Photoluminescence: the N-type kink;pp. 53-85
4.1 Photoluminescence of double quantum wells in parallel magnetic fields
4.1.1Theoretical studies
4.1.2 Experimental studies
4.1.3 Indirect excitons in double quantum wells under high in-plane magnetic fields .

5 Thermodynamics and spin-subband structure of diluted magnetic semiconductor systems;pp. 87-101
5.1 Diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS) quantum wells (QWs)
5.2 Spin splitting of two subsystems: itinerant carriers and magnetic ions
5.3 Low-temperature thermodynamics and spin-subband structure of narrow to wide DMSQWs..........

6 Diluted magnetic semiconductor quantum wells: temperature, magnetic field, carrier concentration and exchange interaction dependence;pp. 103-117

6.1 Multi-spin-subbband populations and spin-polarization. Relative influence of the Zeeman and the exchange term on the spin-splitting
6.2 Wide quantum wells
6.2.1 Multi-spin-subband structure, spin-subband populations and spin-polarization as a function of the sheet carrier concentration, for different values of the magnitude of the exchange interaction between the itinerant carriers and the magnetic impurities
6.2.2 Temperature dependence

7 Orbital thermodynamic properties;pp. 119-126
7.1 Low-temperature
7.2 Augmenting temperature

8 A quasi zero-dimensional case: quantum dots under magnetic field of variable orientation;pp. 127-145
8.1 The theoretical framework
8.1.1 Single-particle states
8.1.2 Coulomb matrix elements
8.1.3 Excitonic problem
8.1.4 Near-field absorption spectra -spatial resolution
8.2 Application to single and double QDs
8.2.1 Single-particle states of single QDs: Spatial confinement vs. magnetic field orientation and magnitude
8.2.2 Single QD in ideal configuration: The influence of the Coulomb interaction
8.2.3 Single QDs subjected to higher magnetic field
8.2.4 Double QD with a soft barrier
8.2.5 Ground state exciton binding

References;pp. 147-159

Index