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Chaotic front dynamics in semiconductor superlattices

A. Amann, J. Schlesner, A. Wacker, E. Schöll

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/0112215

Abstract

We analyze the dynamical evolution of the current and the charge density in a superlattice for fixed external dc voltage in the regime of self-sustained current oscillations, using a microscopic sequential tunneling model. Fronts of accumulation and depletion layers which are generated at the emitter may collide and annihilate, thereby leading to a variety of different scenarios. We find complex chaotic regimes at high voltages and low contact conductivities.

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