{
  "id": "cond-mat/9910042",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1999-10-04T21:43:50.000Z",
  "updated": "1999-10-04T21:43:50.000Z",
  "title": "Absolute Negative Conductivity and Spontaneous Current Generation in Semiconductor Superlattices with Hot Electrons",
  "authors": [
    "Ethan H. Cannon",
    "Feodor V. Kusmartsev",
    "Kirill N. Alekseev",
    "David K. Campbell"
  ],
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1302",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We study electron transport through a semiconductor superlattice subject to an electric field parallel to and a magnetic field perpendicular to the growth axis. Using a single miniband, semiclassical balance equation model with both elastic and inelastic scattering, we find that (1) the current-voltage characteristic becomes multistable in a large magnetic field; and (2) ``hot'' electrons display novel features in their current-voltage characteristics, including absolute negative conductivity (ANC) and, for sufficiently strong magnetic fields, a spontaneous dc current at zero bias. We discuss possible experimental situations providing the necessary hot electrons to observe the predicted ANC and spontaneous dc current generation.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1999-10-04T21:43:50.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "absolute negative conductivity",
      "spontaneous current generation",
      "semiconductor superlattice",
      "hot electrons",
      "magnetic field"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}