Physical Review Letters · 1973 · 38 citations · 7 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsRadiation PhysicsSpectroscopyWide Band Gap SemiconductorsFar-infrared EmissionGround State PropertiesInfrared EmissionLandau LevelsNear-infrared EmissionNear-infrared RadiationRadiative Capture ReactionsRadiative Transitions
We report tunable far-infrared radiation from $n$-type InSb under crossed magnetic and electric fields. The emission is interpreted in terms of the transitions of hot electrons between Landau sub-bands and the radiative capture by the impurity ground state.
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