Abstract
The effects of lateral confinement on hot-electron transport in GaAs-based quasi-two-dimensional (quantum slab) and quasi-one-dimensional (quantum wire) systems are investigated systematically, taking into account 21 subbands in the quantum wires and 7 subbands in the quantum slabs. Linear and high-field mobilities due to acoustic- and optic-phonon scatterings are examined as functions of lateral confinement. The energy relaxation of heated electron gases is analyzed in terms of electron bulk density and electron temperature. Dimensionality and subband effects manifest themselves as oscillations in these transport properties. Crossover and trends from one-, two-, and three-dimensional behavior are clearly seen when electrons populate several subbands.
- Received 16 December 1992
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.47.16612
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