Intervalley deformation potentials and scattering rates in zinc blende semiconductors
- 13 February 1989
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 54 (7) , 614-616
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.100895
Abstract
The intervalley electron‐phonon deformation potentials between the lowest Γ−, X‐ and L‐conduction band valleys in zinc blende semiconductors are calculated using empirical pseudopotentials for the electrons and realistic shell models for the phonons. The intervalley scattering rates computed using these deformation potentials are in agreement with experiments.Keywords
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