Quantum analog of channeled electron trajectories in periodic magnetic and electric fields

Abstract

We calculate the quantum states corresponding to the drifting and channeled classical orbits in a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) with strong magnetic and electric modulations along one spatial direction, $x$. The channeled states carry high, concentrated currents along the $y$ axis, and are confined in an effective potential well. The quantum and the classical states are compared.

8 pages with 4 included ps figures, contribution to "SemiMag 13" Nijmegen, August 1998, to appear in Physica B

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