On the validity of momentum relaxation time in low-dimensional carrier gases

Z. Stanojević, O. Baumgartner, M. Karner, L. Filipović, C. Kernstock, and H. Kosina
The momentum relaxation time (MRT) is widely used to simplify low-field mobility calculations including anisotropic scattering processes. Although not always fully justified, it has been very practical in simulating transport in bulk and in direction quantity low-dimensional carrier gases alike. We review the assumptions behind the MRT, quantify the error introduced by its usage for low-dimensional carrier gases, and point out its weakness in accounting for inter-subband interaction, occurring specifically at low inversion densities.
Publication date: 11 September 2014
Download document (PDF)
Document, read in your PDF viewer; 1 MB
Download PDF

{“@id”:”/api/v1/downloads/3594″,”@type”:”Download”,”id”:3594,”title”:”On the validity of momentum relaxation time in low-dimensional carrier gases”,”filename”:”SISPAD-2014_On-the-validity-of-momentum-relaxation-time-in-low-dimensional-carrier-gases”,”abstract”:”The momentum relaxation time (MRT) is widely used to simplify low-field mobility calculations including anisotropic scattering processes. Although not always fully justified, it has been very practical in simulating transport in bulk and in direction quantity low-dimensional carrier gases alike. We review the assumptions behind the MRT, quantify the error introduced by its usage for low-dimensional carrier gases, and point out its weakness in accounting for inter-subband interaction, occurring specifically at low inversion densities.”,”level”:null,”doi”:”10.1109/sispad.2014.6931593″,”status”:”published”,”remarks”:”PrimAuthor: Z. Stanojevic”,”files”:[{“@type”:”File”,”id”:30686,”name”:”SISPAD-2014_On-the-validity-of-momentum-relaxation-time-in-low-dimensional-carrier-gases.pdf”,”bytes”:758066}],”tags”:[{“@id”:”/api/v1/download_tags/20″,”@type”:”DownloadTag”,”id”:20,”name”:”publication”},{“@id”:”/api/v1/download_tags/44″,”@type”:”DownloadTag”,”id”:44,”name”:”vsp”},{“@id”:”/api/v1/download_tags/60″,”@type”:”DownloadTag”,”id”:60,”name”:”innovation”}],”date”:”2014-09-11T00:00:00+02:00″,”authors”:”Z. Stanojević, O. Baumgartner, M. Karner, L. Filipović, C. Kernstock, and H. Kosina”}