ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTION AND TUNNELING ESCAPE PROCESS IN GAAS/ALAS QUANTUM-WELLS

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HERNANDEZCABRERA, A
ACEITUNO, P
CRUZ, H
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[1] Departamento de Física Fundamental y Experimental, Universidad de la Laguna, 38204 La Laguna, Tenerife
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10.1063/1.360558
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O59 [应用物理学];
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In this work, we have numerically integrated in space and time the effective mass Schrodinger equation for an electron in a GaAs/AlAs quantum well. Considering the electron-phonon interaction and an external electric field, we have studied the electronic tunneling escape process from semiconductor quantum wells. In this way, electronic lifetimes have been obtained at different well widths and applied electric fields. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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