Magneto-optical phenomena in semiconductor superlattices
Abstract
The Faraday and birefringence effects due to infrared radiation in semiconductor superlattices under a quantized magnetic field are investigated. It is shown that for a non-degenerate electron gas, in the one mini-band approximation, the frequency behavior of magneto-optical coefficients exhibit finite jumps at omega = (eta)omega(sub c) +/- 2(Delta) (omega is the frequency of electromagnetic radiation, omega(sub c) is the cyclotron frequency and Delta is half band width). The natural birefringence and dichroism in superlattices are also calculated.
- Publication:
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- Pub Date:
- July 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991mops.rept.....N
- Keywords:
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- Birefringence;
- Electron Gas;
- Faraday Effect;
- Magneto-Optics;
- Semiconductors (Materials);
- Superlattices;
- Cyclotron Frequency;
- Dichroism;
- Infrared Radiation;
- Magnetic Fields;
- Solid-State Physics