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Hot Electron Polar Scattering in InSb
Author(s) -
Hammar C.,
Weissglas P.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.19670240215
Subject(s) - electron , simplicity , scattering , polar , condensed matter physics , physics , relaxation (psychology) , thermal conduction , momentum (technical analysis) , conduction band , phonon , electronic band structure , computational physics , optics , quantum mechanics , psychology , social psychology , finance , economics
The energy and momentum relaxation of conduction electrons by optical phonons in InSb are studied using the energy band structure calculated by Kane. For simplicity, the drifted Maxwellian approach is used and its form for an arbitrary band structure is presented. No intrinsic breakdown is obtained. On the contrary, the model gives a voltage‐controlled differential negative mobility for high fields.