Sum Rules and Universality in Electron-modulated Acoustic Phonon Interaction in a Free-standing Semiconductor Plate

Authors

Shigeyasu Uno, Nagoya University
Darryl H. Yong, Harvey Mudd CollegeFollow
Nobuya Mori, Osaka University

Document Type

Article

Department

Mathematics (HMC)

Publication Date

6-24-2009

Abstract

Analysis of acoustic phonons modulated due to the surfaces of a free-standing semiconductor plate and their deformation-potential interaction with electrons are presented. The form factor for electron-modulated acoustic phonon interaction is formulated and analyzed in detail. The form factor at zero in-plane phonon wave vector satisfies sum rules regardless of electron wave function. The form factor is larger than that calculated using bulk phonons, leading to a higher scattering rate and lower electron mobility. When properly normalized, the form factors lie on a universal curve regardless of plate thickness and material.

Comments

First published in Physical Review B, vol. 79, no. 23 (June 2009), by the American Physical Society.

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© 2009 American Physical Society

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DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.79.235328

Recommended Citation

Uno, S, Yong, DH, Mori, N. Sum Rules and Universality in Electron-modulated Acoustic Phonon Interaction in a Free-standing Semiconductor Plate. Phys Rev B. 2009;79(23): 1-7.