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Contribution of the Piezoelectric Scattering to the Energy Scattering of Conduction Electrons in Semiconductor Thin Films
Author(s) -
Ilkovič V.
Publication year - 1969
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.19690320135
Subject(s) - scattering , thermal conduction , condensed matter physics , electron , semiconductor , degenerate energy levels , piezoelectricity , thin film , materials science , degenerate semiconductor , electron scattering , carrier scattering , physics , optoelectronics , optics , nanotechnology , quantum mechanics , composite material
The parameter β characterizing the interaction between the conduction electrons and the lattice is calculated for a thin film of non‐degenerate semiconductors using the electrontemperature approximation taking into account the scattering by the deformation and the piezoelectric potential. It is shown that the energy scattering of the conduction electrons on the piezoelectric potential in thin films of n‐InSb is important in the temperature region below 10 °K.