Electron relaxation by LO phonons in quantum wires: An adiabatic approach
The electron states of weakly-one-dimensional quantum wires are computed using the adiabatic approximation in the framework of the k . p theory and the envelope-function approximation. The computed transition rates of electrons from one confined state to any other, mediated by the longitudinal optical (LO) phonons, are clearly ordered with respect to the quantum numbers of the states provided by the adiabatic approximation. The average single electron relaxation time from an excited level is shown to either increase or surprisingly decrease as a function of initial energy. Finally, the relaxation dynamics of an excited population of electrons is analyzed. We show that a fast phenomenological intrasubband thermalization, simultaneous to the LO phonon-mediated relaxation, lowers the final average energy and may in some cases significantly speed up the whole relaxation.
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Amman, C., Dupertuis, M. A., Bockelmann, U., & Deveaud, B. (1997). Electron relaxation by LO phonons in quantum wires: An adiabatic approach. Physical Review B, 55(4), 2420–2428. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.55.2420
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1997
55
4
2420
2428
Swiss fed inst technol,dept phys,inst micro & optoelect,ch-1015 lausanne,switzerland. tech univ munich,walter schottky inst,d-85748 garching,germany. Amman, C, UNIV LAUSANNE,INST THEORET PHYS,CH-1015 LAUSANNE,SWITZERLAND.
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