Abstract In this article we investigate the properties of the propagation of guided electron waves in the coupled asymmetric quantum wells. By decomposing the eigenfunctions of electron in the coupled double quantum wells in terms of the basis eigenfunctions of the individual wells, the expression of the mode amplitude func-tions for various bare states in wells has been given. By setting up appropriate boundary conditions one can simulate different injecting manners of electron into the system and study how the electron waves trans-fer among various states. The major electron wave transfer happens between the matching bare states in wells. The particular pattern of the transfer depends on the injecting manner and the energy of the inci-dent electron. We also show the influence of the presence of the multimodes on the variatinn of the mode amplitude functions. It leads to producing some oscillations imposed on the original sinusoidal-like func-tions and causing incomplete transfer between a pair of states in channels due to the beating frequency effect or the interference among various modes.
Received: 07 October 1992
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