Abstract
The thermopower and linear conductance of GaAs/AlGaAs double-bend structures are studied in quantizing magnetic fields up to 4 T at temperatures down to 0.4 K. The electrostatically defined structure consists of a square region with two quasi-one dimensional channels connected at opposite corners of the region. The presence of quasi-bound states was expected in the structure in the regime of ballistic transport. Using an electron-heating technique we observed noticeable oscillations of the thermopower as a function of the gate voltage near the pinchoff. We show, however, that they are related to variable-range hopping and resonant tunnelling via localized states inside the barrier. We also found that the Mort formula for thermopower worked well under our experimental conditions.
Original language | English (US) |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 139-151 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures |
Volume | 3-4 |
State | Published - 2002 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)