TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of size quantization in the spectra and Γ − M transitions in (GaAs)m(AlAs)n(001) superlattices
AU - Grinyaev, S. N.
AU - Nikitina, L. N.
AU - Tyuterev, V. G.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - Based on the pseudopotential method and the phenomenological model of coupling forces, electron scattering by short-wavelength phonons in the conduction band of superlattices (GaAs)m(AlAs)n with thin layers (n, m ≤ 10) is studied. Intervalley deformation potentials for transitions between the lower states of the Γ and M valleys of superlattices, which are analogs of the sphalerite transitions of Γ̲−X̲ and X̲−X̲̃ are calculated. The intensity of the Γ − M transitions is determined mainly by the longitudinal optical vibrations of the Al atoms and depends strongly on the mixing of the states Γ̲ and X̲. The capture of phonons and electrons in AlAs layers leads to an increase in the deformation potentials of X̲−X̲̃ transitions.
AB - Based on the pseudopotential method and the phenomenological model of coupling forces, electron scattering by short-wavelength phonons in the conduction band of superlattices (GaAs)m(AlAs)n with thin layers (n, m ≤ 10) is studied. Intervalley deformation potentials for transitions between the lower states of the Γ and M valleys of superlattices, which are analogs of the sphalerite transitions of Γ̲−X̲ and X̲−X̲̃ are calculated. The intensity of the Γ − M transitions is determined mainly by the longitudinal optical vibrations of the Al atoms and depends strongly on the mixing of the states Γ̲ and X̲. The capture of phonons and electrons in AlAs layers leads to an increase in the deformation potentials of X̲−X̲̃ transitions.
KW - Binary superlattices
KW - Electron-phonon interaction
KW - Intervalley transitions
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U2 - 10.1016/j.physe.2018.05.034
DO - 10.1016/j.physe.2018.05.034
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85048296658
VL - 103
SP - 180
EP - 187
JO - Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
JF - Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
SN - 1386-9477
ER -