Abstract
The magnetophonon resonance effect in the energy relaxation rate is studied theoretically for a quasi- two-dimensional electron gas in a semiconductor quantum well. An electron-temperature model is adopted to describe the coupled electron-phonon system. The energy relaxation time, derived from the energy relaxation rate, is found to display an oscillatory behavior as the magnetic-field strength changes, and reaches minima when the optical phonon frequency equals integer multiples of the electron cyclotron frequency. The theoretical results are compared with a recent experiment, and a qualitative agreement is found.
- Received 25 October 1996
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.55.9333
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