Simple theoretical analysis of the thermoelectric power under strong magnetic quantization in superlattices of non-parabolic semiconductors with graded interfaces

Subhamoy Singha Roy

doi:10.1117/12.847400

30 March 2010 Simple theoretical analysis of the thermoelectric power under strong magnetic quantization in superlattices of non-parabolic semiconductors with graded interfaces

Subhamoy Singha Roy

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Proceedings Volume 7646, Nanosensors, Biosensors, and Info-Tech Sensors and Systems 2010; 76461Q (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847400
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

I have study in this paper to present a simple theoretical analysis of the thermo electric power under strong magnetic quantization (TPM) in superlattices with graded interfaces and compare the same with that of the constituent materials by formulating the respective dispersion laws. It has been observed, taking GaAs/Ga1-xAlxAs, CdS/CdTe, PbTe/PbSnTe, InAs/GaSb and HgTe/CdTe with graded interfaces as examples, that the TPM exhibits oscillatory dependence with the inverse quantizing magnetic field due to the SdH and allied superlattices effects and increases with increasing inverse electron concentration in an oscillatory manner in all the cases. The nature of oscillation is totally band structure dependent and the width of the finite interface enhances the numerical values of the TPM for all the aforementioned superlattices. The numerical values of the TPM in graded superlattices are greater than that of the constituent materials. In addition, the well-known expressions for the bulk specimens of wide-gap materials have also been obtained as special cases of our generalized analysis under certain limiting conditions.

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Subhamoy Singha Roy "Simple theoretical analysis of the thermoelectric power under strong magnetic quantization in superlattices of non-parabolic semiconductors with graded interfaces", Proc. SPIE 7646, Nanosensors, Biosensors, and Info-Tech Sensors and Systems 2010, 76461Q (30 March 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847400

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