INTERVALLEY SHUNTING OF ELECTRONS IN MODULATION-DOPED MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL STRUCTURES

被引:15
作者
EDUCATO, JL
LEBURTON, JP
WANG, J
BAILEY, DW
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,DEPT ELECT ENGN,URBANA,IL 61801
[2] UNIV ILLINOIS,COORDINATED SCI LAB,URBANA,IL 61801
[3] UNIV S CAROLINA,DEPT ELECT & COMP ENGN,COLUMBIA,SC 29208
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1991年 / 44卷 / 15期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.44.8365
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The dynamics of intersubband transitions in modulation-doped multiple narrow GaAs-AlxGa1-xAs quantum-well structures is investigated with Monte Carlo simulations. Two quantized polar-optical-phonon approaches are considered, slab modes and guided modes, in addition to interface modes and intervalley optical-deformation-potential scattering. We demonstrate that the nature of polar modes is of secondary importance for interpreting the experimental time constants, and that L intervalley scattering has the most significant effect on carrier relaxation.
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页码:8365 / 8368
页数:4
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