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Evidence for a valley-occupancy transition in Si inversion layers at low electron densities

  • Naval Research Laboratory
  • Brown University
  • Argonne National Laboratory

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Abstract

Careful studies of intersubband transition energies versus surface electron density have been made in Si(100) inversion layers. An observed change in slope and shift to higher energies at low densities is consistent with a recent model of a two-valley to one-valley occupancy transition driven by many-body effects.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1096-1099
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume46
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - 1981

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