CHAOTIC DYNAMICS OF BALLISTIC ELECTRONS IN LATERAL SUPERLATTICES AND MAGNETIC-FIELDS

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GEISEL, T
WAGENHUBER, J
NIEBAUER, P
OBERMAIR, G
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[1] UNIV FRANKFURT,INST THEORET PHYS,W-6000 FRANKFURT,GERMANY
[2] UNIV FRANKFURT,SONDERFORSCH BEREICH NICHTLINEARE DYNAM,W-6000 FRANKFURT,GERMANY
[3] UNIV REGENSBURG,INST FESTKORPERPHYS,W-8400 REGENSBURG,GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.1581
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We study the classical dynamics of a ballistic charged particle in a two-dimensional (2D) periodic potential and an applied magnetic field. We find chaotic behavor, in particular in the form of normal diffusion and anomalous diffusion associated with 1/f noise. The mechanisms for the onset of 1D diffusion and 2D diffusion are explained in terms of homoclinic intersections and Kolmogorov-Arnol d-Moser theory. The model may be used as a classical approximation for ballistic-electron dynamics in lateral superlattices on semiconductor heterojunctions. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:1581 / 1584
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