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Published on: May 27, 2020
Coherence of elementary excitations in a disordered electron system
Yu A Pusep1, M B Ribeiro, V E Carrasco
1Instituto de Fisica de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:
The localization properties of the single-particle and collective electron excitations were investigated in the intentionally disordered GaAs/AlGaAs superlattices by weak-field magnetoresistance and Raman scattering. The localization length of the individual electron was found to be considerably larger than that of the collective excitations. This suggests that the disorder has a weaker effect on the electrons than on their collective motion and that the interaction which gives rise to the collective effects increases localization.
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