AN INVESTIGATION OF CARRIER DYNAMICS IN SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES FOLLOWING FEMTOSECOND LASER EXCITATION

被引:5
作者
ROTA, L
ROSSI, F
LUGLI, P
MOLINARI, E
机构
[1] PHILIPPS UNIV MARBURG,FACHBEREICH PHYS,W-3503 MARBURG,GERMANY
[2] UNIV ROMA TOR VERGATA,DIPARTIMENTO INGN,I-00133 ROME,ITALY
[3] PHILIPPS UNIV MARBURG,ZENTRUM MATERIALWISSENSCH,D-35032 MARBURG,GERMANY
[4] UNIV MODENA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-41100 MODENA,ITALY
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10.1088/0268-1242/9/5S/127
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A Monte Carlo analysis of the carrier relaxation dynamics in a GaAs quantum wire system following laser photoexcitation is presented. Relaxation mechanisms due to electron-electron and electron-polar optical phonon interaction are included within a multisubband picture taking into account both intrasubband and intersubband scattering mechanisms for the case of rectangular quantum wire structures. Degeneracy and hot-phonon effects are also investigated as a function of carrier density and kinetic energy.
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