Negative dynamic mobility of electrons in silicon in the far-infrared range

被引:1
作者
Brazis, R [1 ]
Asadauskas, L [1 ]
Raguotis, R [1 ]
Siegrist, MR [1 ]
机构
[1] ECOLE POLYTECH FED LAUSANNE,CTR RECH PHYS PLASMAS,ASSOC EURATOM CONFEDERAT SUISSE,PPB,CH-1015 LAUSANNE,SWITZERLAND
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFRARED AND MILLIMETER WAVES | 1997年 / 18卷 / 06期
关键词
far infrared response; semiconductor; n-Si; wave amplification; third harmonic generation;
D O I
10.1007/BF02678228
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We performed Monte Carlo simulation of electron response to a strong pumping wave (443 GHz) and weak signal harmonic waves (886 and 1329 GHz) in silicon. A negative dynamic conductivity is found to arise for 1329 GHz above a threshold value of the pumping wave amplitude and below a maximum value of the signal wave amplitude in a limited range of phase difference between the waves.
引用
收藏
页码:1217 / 1222
页数:6
相关论文
共 7 条
[1]  
AMBRAZEVICIENE V, 1991, NONLINEAR SURFACE EL, P417
[2]   DIFFUSION-COEFFICIENT OF ELECTRONS IN SILICON [J].
BRUNETTI, R ;
JACOBONI, C ;
NAVA, F ;
REGGIANI, L ;
BOSMAN, G ;
ZIJLSTRA, RJJ .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1981, 52 (11) :6713-6722
[3]   MILLIMETER-WAVE FREQUENCY TRIPLING IN BULK SEMICONDUCTORS [J].
KEILMANN, F ;
BRAZIS, R ;
BARKLEY, H ;
KASPAREK, W ;
THUMM, M ;
ERCKMANN, V .
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS, 1990, 11 (04) :337-342
[4]  
LEBWOHL PA, 1979, J APPL PHYS, V44, P1744
[5]   INTENSITY DEPENDENCE OF THE 3RD-HARMONIC-GENERATION EFFICIENCY FOR HIGH-POWER FAR-INFRARED RADIATION IN N-SILICON [J].
URBAN, M ;
NIESWAND, C ;
SIEGRIST, MR ;
KEILMANN, F .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1995, 77 (03) :981-984
[6]   A precise new method to evaluate Monte Carlo simulations of electron transport in semiconductors [J].
Urban, M ;
Siegrist, MR ;
Asadauskas, L ;
Raguotis, R ;
Brazis, R .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1996, 69 (12) :1776-1778
[7]  
URBAN M, 1995, J PHYSICS, V35, P430