Title
Tamm-like states in finite antidot lattices
Date Issued
01 January 2001
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Abstract
Transport properties of finite antidots arrays, with large lattice parameters and electron densities, may be roughly understood from a semiclassical approach. For weak magnetic fields, commensurability effects between the antidot spacing and the cyclotron radius are present with interference patterns superimposed on the magnetoresistivity. For higher magnetic fields, transport through edge states becomes relevant. In the present work, we discuss a completely different behavior that should occur in the quantum limit, for short lattice parameters and small electron densities. The key feature is the formation of surface Tamm-like states within the gap of the lowest bulk bands of a finite antidot lattice. The surface of a finite antidot superlattice may act as an isolated quantum ring, a coupler of the superlattice to the contacts, or a barrier between the bulk of the antidot lattice and the contacts, as a function solely of the applied magnetic field. © 2001 The American Physical Society.
Volume
64
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
FÃsica de la materia condensada
Nano-tecnologÃa
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0034900244
Source
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
ISSN of the container
10980121
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