Abstract
We have investigated terahertz (THz) emission induced by high-field electron transport in biased wide-miniband GaAs/Al0.3Ga0.7As superlattices. With increasing bias electric fields, two distinct regimes are observed in the bias-field dependence of the emitted THz intensity. These two regimes are attributed to the intraminiband transport and interminiband Zener tunneling regimes, respectively. In the Zener tunneling regime, quasiperiodic structures are observed in the bias field dependence of the emitted THz intensity and are identified to be due to the resonant Zener tunneling between the Wannier–Stark ladders associated with the ground and excited minibands.
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