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Spin splitting of the two-dimentional electron gas (2DEG) in modulation-doped Al[sub 0.22]Ga[sub 0.78]N/GaN heterostructures has been studied by means of magnetotransport measurements at low temperatures and high magnetic fields. The spin splitting is observed in Shubnikov–de Haas oscillations at a magnetic field higher than 5.4 T and a temperature of 1.4 K. The effective g factor g[sup *] is enhanced due to the exchange interaction of the 2DEG at high densities. The ratio of the transverse effective g factor g[sub ⊥][sup *] and the longitudinal effective g factor g[sub ∥][sup *] is g[sub ⊥][sup *]/g[sub ∥][sup *]=2.6 indicating the large difference between g[sub ∥][sup *] and g[sub ⊥][sup *]. It is demonstrated that the anisotropy of the g[sup *] is due to the strong polarization-induced electric field at the heterointerface. © 2004 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Magnetointersubband scattering (MIS) oscillations of two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in Al[sub 0.22]Ga[sub 0.78]N/GaN heterostructures have been investigated by means of magnetotransport measurements at low temperatures and high magnetic fields. Double periodic Shubnikov–de Haas oscillations modulated by MIS oscillations have been observed due to the intersubband scattering of the 2DEG at the two lowest subbands in the triangular quantum well at the heterointerface. By using the fast Fourier transform analysis, it is found that the MIS oscillations become slightly weaker with an increase in temperature. From the MIS frequency, the energy separation between the first and the second subbands is determined to be 80 meV. The observation of the MIS effect indicates that the effective masses of the electrons in the first and second subbands are the same in Al[sub 0.22]Ga[sub 0.78]N/GaN heterostructures. © 2003 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The generalized self-consistent method is developed to deal with porous materials at high temperature, accounting for thermal radiation. An exact closed form formula of the local effective thermal conductivity is obtained by solving Laplace's equation, and a good approximate formula with uncoupled conductive and radiative effects is given. A comparison with available experimental data and theoretical predictions demonstrates the accuracy and efficiency of the present formula. Numerical examples provide a better understanding of interesting interaction phenomena of pores in heat transfer. It is found that the local effective thermal conductivity divides into two parts. One, attributed to conduction, is independent of pore radius for a fixed porosity and, furthermore, is independent of temperature (actually, it is approximately independent of the temperature) if it is non-dimensionalized by the thermal conductivity of the matrix. The other is due to thermal radiation in pores and strongly depends on the temperature and pore radius. The radiation effect can not be neglected at high temperature and in the case of relatively large pores. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]