Electron energy relaxation mechanism in n-type In<sub>x</sub>Ga<sub>1-x</sub>As<sub>1-y</sub>Bi<sub>y</sub> alloys under electric and magnetic fields

Aydin M., Yilmaz S. N., Erol A., Bork J., Zide J., Donmez Ö.

PHYSICA SCRIPTA, cilt.99, sa.10, 2024 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 99 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1088/1402-4896/ad7179
  • Dergi Adı: PHYSICA SCRIPTA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, Compendex, INSPEC, zbMATH
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: bismide, deformation potential, electromechanical coupling, energy relaxation, quasi-two dimensional electron
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We investigate the power loss per electron mechanism of hot electrons generated under electric and magnetic fields in n-type InxGa1-xAs1-yBiy epitaxial layers. Acoustic phonons are generated under various electric fields to determine the hot-electron energy relaxation mechanisms at low temperatures. The hot electron temperatures are determined by theoretical calculation of the amplitude of the magnetoresistance oscillation. The power loss per degenerate electron is analytically modeled with possible scattering mechanisms. The modeling of the experimental results reveals that power dissipation occurs by employing deformation potential energy scattering for all the samples. The deformation potential energy increases by similar to 2.14 eV/Bi% when Bi atoms are introduced into ternary InGaAs alloy and the increase in the deformation potential energy is found to be independent of the electron density, which indicates that power dissipation occurs in the equipartition regime.