{
  "id": "cond-mat/0310019",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2003-10-01T19:58:25.000Z",
  "updated": "2003-10-01T19:58:25.000Z",
  "title": "Wave Packet Dynamics in a Biased Finite-Length Superlattice",
  "authors": [
    "Herbert Kroemer"
  ],
  "comment": "PDF File, 14 pages, 2 Figures",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.mtrl-sci"
  ],
  "abstract": "In a superlattice containing a finite number of periods, the allowed values of the Bloch wave number form a discrete set, and the dynamics of an electron through k-space under the influence of an external force is necessarily that of a superposition wave packet composed of multiple Bloch waves. The present paper investigates this dynamics for a particularly simple class of \"k-compact\" wave packets, in which the spread over different k-values is minimized, and which propagate with an essentially rigid shape through k-space.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2003-10-01T19:58:25.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "wave packet dynamics",
      "biased finite-length superlattice",
      "bloch wave number form",
      "superposition wave packet",
      "multiple bloch waves"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 14,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}