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Physics Letters A

Volume 166, Issues 5–6, 29 June 1992, Pages 395-398
Physics Letters A

Cyclotron-resonance effective mass in narrow quantum wells

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Abstract

Values of the cyclotron-resonance mass are computed for Ga0.47In0.53AsInP quantum wells as a function of the well width. The values are found to increase with decreasing well width partly due to the energy band nonparabolicity of the well material and partly due to the extension of the wave function into the barrier layer. On the basis of the computed results, it is suggested that cyclotron-resonance experiments with narrow quantum wells may be done to determine the electron mass in the forbidden gap and also to identify the energy-band minimum associated with the barrier potential.

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One of the authors (S.M) acknowledges with thanks the financial support of the University Grants Commission, India.

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