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Photon-Stimulated Transport in a Quantum Point Contact (Brief Review)

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Studies of photon-stimulated transport through a quantum point contact based on a high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas in a GaAs quantum well are reviewed. This review includes a brief historical introduction, experimental results on giant terahertz and microwave photoconductance of the quantum point contact in the tunneling regime, and the analysis of its behavior within a developed theoretical model of photon-stimulated tunneling. Prospects of further studies and production of a new class of terahertz and microwave detectors are discussed in closing.

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We are grateful to V.L. Al’perovich and A.G. Pogosov for discussions and valuable remarks.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 20-02-00385).

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  1. Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    V. A. Tkachenko, Z. D. Kvon, O. A. Tkachenko, A. S. Yaroshevich, E. E. Rodyakina & A. V. Latyshev

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    V. A. Tkachenko, Z. D. Kvon, E. E. Rodyakina, D. G. Baksheev & A. V. Latyshev

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Tkachenko, V.A., Kvon, Z.D., Tkachenko, O.A. et al. Photon-Stimulated Transport in a Quantum Point Contact (Brief Review). Jetp Lett. 113, 331–344 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364021050106

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