Dark vertical conductance of cavity-embedded semiconductor heterostructures

Abstract

We present a linear-response nonlocal theory of the electronic conductance along the vertical (growth) direction of a semiconductor heterostructure embedded in a single-mode electromagnetic resonator in the absence of illumination. Our method readily applies to the general class of n-doped semiconductors with parabolic dispersion. The conductance depends on the ground-state properties and virtual collective polaritonic excitations that have been determined via a bosonic treatment in the dipole gauge. We show that, depending on the system parameters, the cavity vacuum effects can enhance or reduce significantly the dark vertical conductance with respect to the bare heterostructure.

10 pages, 6 figures

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