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One‐dimensional hot‐electron transport in quantum‐well wires of polar semiconductors
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In this article, the velocity field characteristics of hot electrons moving one dimensionally in the lowest subband of a polar semiconductor quantum-well wire are obtained on a drifted Maxwellian model and also by the Monte Carlo technique.Abstract:
The velocity‐field characteristics of hot electrons moving one dimensionally in the lowest subband of a polar semiconductor quantum‐well wire are obtained on a drifted Maxwellian model and also by the Monte Carlo technique. No negative differential resistance is obtained in contradiction to a previous prediction. The size effects at low temperatures are found to be more significant in the drifted Maxwellian model. Our calculations show that the one‐dimensional (1‐D) mobility for large transverse widths may be higher than the 3‐D mobility.read more
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TL;DR: In this article, the transport properties of multi-subband quasi-one dimensional (1-D) structures are investigated with Monte-Carlo simulation, where confinement conditions are varied to produce Resonant Inter-Subband (polar) Optic Phonon Scattering (RISOPS) during the transport process.
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Theory of polar‐optical‐phonon scattering in a semiconductor quantum wire
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The cooling rate of one-dimensional hot electrons in quantum well wires of polar semiconductors
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