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使用双声子极性光学声子散射的半解析模型研究 GaAs 中热电子的输运与噪声

Transport and noise of hot electrons in GaAs using a semi-analytical model of two-phonon polar optical phonon scattering

Jiace Sun, Austin J. Minnich

AI总结:

提出基于 Fröhlich 机制的双声子散射半解析输运模型,消除从头算近似,准确预测 GaAs 漂移速度与散射率,揭示电流噪声非单调趋势源于空间电荷畴形成而非谷间散射。

摘要:

近期关于 GaAs 中电子输运的从头算(ab-initio)研究表明,超越最低阶的电子-声子(e-ph)相互作用在电荷输运和噪声现象中发挥着根本性作用。研究发现,引入电子与两个声子散射的次主导阶过程,能够使高场漂移速度获得良好的一致性,但未能预测电流涨落功率谱密度(PSD)随电场变化的典型非单调趋势。从头算方法的高计算成本迫使人们对双声子散射项进行各种近似,这被认为是产生差异的可能根源。在此,我们提出了一种基于 Fröhlich 机制的双声子电子散射半解析输运模型,能够消除从头算处理中的多项近似,同时将精度保持在百分之几以内。我们将计算得到的输运和噪声特性以及光致发光实验测得的散射率与实验结果进行了比较。我们发现漂移速度的定量一致性在 15% 以内,$Γ$ 谷散射率在 25% 以内,并且与 $Γ-L$ 谷间散射率的一致性在两倍因子范围内。综合这些结果与先前关于 GaAs 中电流噪声的研究,我们得出结论:PSD 随电场非单调趋势的最可能根源是空间电荷畴的形成,而非此前假设的谷间散射。

英文摘要:

Recent ab-initio studies of electron transport in GaAs have reported that electron-phonon (e-ph) interactions beyond the lowest order play a fundamental role in charge transport and noise phenomena. Inclusion of the next-leading-order process in which an electron scatters with two phonons was found to yield good agreement for the high-field drift velocity, but the characteristic non-monotonic trend of the power spectral density of current fluctuations (PSD) with electric field was not predicted. The high computational cost of the ab-initio approach necessitated various approximations to the two-phonon scattering term, which were suggested as possible origins of the discrepancy. Here, we report a semi-analytical transport model of two-phonon electron scattering via the Fröhlich mechanism, allowing a number of the approximations in the ab-initio treatment to be lifted while retaining the accuracy to within a few percent. We compare the calculated and experimental transport and noise properties as well as scattering rates measured by photoluminescence experiments. We find quantitative agreement within 15% for the drift velocity and 25% for the $Γ$ valley scattering rates, and agreement with the $Γ-L$ intervalley scattering rates within a factor of two. Considering these results and prior studies of current noise in GaAs, we conclude that the most probable origin of the non-monotonic PSD trend versus electric field is the formation of space charge domains rather than intervalley scattering as has been assumed.

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