@article{5754, author = {T. A. Vaughan and R. J. Nicholas and Cjgm Langerak and B. N. Murdin and C. R. Pidgeon and N. J. Mason and P. J. Walker}, title = {Direct observation of magnetophonon resonances in Landau-level lifetimes of a semiconductor heterostructure}, abstract = {Landau-level lifetimes are determined from saturation cyclotron resonance measurements on an InAs/GaSb double heterojunction using a picosecond far-infrared free-electron laser. Strong nonparabolicity of the conduction band truncates the equidistant Landau-level ladder, and saturation is achieved at all wavelengths. The Landau-level lifetimes show minima at NHBAR omega(c) = HBAR omega(LO), a direct observation of the magnetophonon effect. Observed picosecond lifetimes are due to LO-phonon emission which dominates electron-electron scattering at the magnetophonon resonance condition.}, year = {1996}, journal = {Physical Review B}, volume = {53}, number = {24}, pages = {16481-16484}, month = {Jun 15}, isbn = {0163-1829}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.53.16481}, language = {eng}, }