Observation of optical phonon instability induced by drifting electrons in semiconductor nanostructures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1968-1970

  Liang, W ^a   Tsen, K T ^a   Sankey, Otto F ^a   Komirenko, S M ^b   Kim, K W ^b   Kochelap, V A ^c   Wu, Meng Chyi ^d   Ho, Chong Long ^e   Ho, Wen Jeng ^e   Morkoc H ^f  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^d NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD   (Taiwan)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHONONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

OPTICAL PHOTONS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0037464207     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1563730     Document Type: Article

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