Emission of acoustic phonons due to spin-flip electron transitions in nonsymmetric quantum wells

F. T. Vasko and V. V. Mitin
Phys. Rev. B 61, 11047 – Published 15 April 2000
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Abstract

We have considered the emission of nonequilibrium acoustic phonons in the process of spin-flip transitions of electrons in nonsymmetric quantum wells. The spin splitting of the electron energy spectra causes the modifications of the energy and angular distributions as functions of the transverse voltage. The spin-flip contribution to the emission rate is substantial for the phonons being emitted at considerable angles to the normal direction. The intensity of phonon emission for such angles increases several times for InAs-based quantum wells, due to the contribution of spin-flip transitions.

  • Received 10 September 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.61.11047

©2000 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

F. T. Vasko

  • Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 45, Kiev, 252650, Ukraine
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202

V. V. Mitin

  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202

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Vol. 61, Iss. 16 — 15 April 2000

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