14 research outputs found
Field-asymmetric transverse magnetoresistance in a nonmagnetic quantum-size structure
A new phenomenon is observed experimentally in a heavily doped asymmetric
quantum-size structure in a magnetic field parallel to the quantum-well layers
- a transverse magnetoresistance which is asymmetric in the field (there can
even be a change in sign) and is observed in the case that the structure has a
built-in lateral electric field. A model of the effect is proposed. The
observed asymmetry of the magnetoresistance is attributed to an additional
current contribution that arises under nonequilibrium conditions and that is
linear in the gradient of the electrochemical potential and proportional to the
parameter characterizing the asymmetry of the spectrum with respect to the
quasimomentum.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures. For correspondence, mail to
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Graphene as a quantum surface with curvature-strain preserving dynamics
We discuss how the curvature and the strain density of the atomic lattice
generate the quantization of graphene sheets as well as the dynamics of
geometric quasiparticles propagating along the constant curvature/strain
levels. The internal kinetic momentum of Riemannian oriented surface (a vector
field preserving the Gaussian curvature and the area) is determined.Comment: 13p, minor correction
Phonon contribution to electrical resistance of acceptor-doped single-wall carbon nanotubes assembled into transparent films
Photogalvanic effect in an asymmetric system of three quantum wells in a strong magnetic field
Phonon contribution to electrical resistance of acceptor-doped single-wall carbon nanotubes assembled into transparent films
The electrical resistance of pristine and acceptor-doped single-wall carbon nanotubes assembled into transparent films was measured in the temperature range of 5 to 300 K. The doping was accomplished by filling the nanotubes with iodine or CuCl from the gas phase. After doping the films resistance appeared to drop down by one order of magnitude, to change the nonmonotonic temperature behavior, and to reduce the crossover temperature. The experimental data have been perfectly fitted in frames of the known heterogeneous model with two contributions: from the nanotube bundles (with quasi-one-dimensional conductivity) and from the interbundle electron tunneling. The doping was observed to decrease the magnitudes of both contributions. In this paper we have revealed the main reason of changes in the nanotube part. It is considered to be connected with the involvement of low-energy phonons, which start to participate in the intravalley scattering due to the shift of the Fermi level after doping. The values of the Fermi level shift into the valence band are estimated to be equal to -0.6 eV in the case of iodine doping and -0.9 eV in the case of CuCl doping. These values are in qualitative agreement with the optical absorption data.Peer reviewe