Light and/or electron element
US6525337B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 11, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10H20/824
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical and/or electronic device is operated by degeneracy of density of states caused by confinement of electrons in a fractal region having a self-similarity. An AlGaAs/GaAs light emitting device is configured by distributing GaAs quantum dots in a fractal arrangement and confining them in i-type AlGaAs. A single-electron state of the quantum dot array exhibits degeneracy of density of states. Further, a strong quantum chaos is generated to bring about degeneracy of density of states by applying a random magnetic field by addition of a magnetic impurity to the region having a self-similarity.
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