Electronic properties of silicon δ-doped InSb

Abstract

We have investigated magneto-transport and cyclotron resonance (CR) of two-dimensional electron gas in silicon δ-doped p-InSb under a magnetic field of up to 12 T at 4.2 K. Because there are multiple subbands occupied, Shubnikov–de Haas oscillations show a beating behavior. The CR spectra also display several peaks originating from different subbands. Effective masses of electrons associated with the lowest three subbands can therefore be directly determined, and they are in excellent agreement with a self-consistent calculation, which takes into account the electrostatic Poisson equation, the Schrödinger equation, and realistic sample parameters. Furthermore, we observed an absorption peak, whose resonance position has anomalous angle dependence. It is attributed to impurity CR where donors are in the vicinity of the δ-doped sheet.