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Influence of light on the Debye screening length in III-V, ternary, and quaternary materials
K P GHATAK, S BHATTACHARYA
Published in AMER INST PHYSICS
2007
Volume: 102
   
Issue: 7
Abstract
We study the electron energy spectrum and the Debye screening length (DSL) for III-V, ternary, and quaternary materials in the presence of light waves, whose unperturbed energy band structures are defined by the three-band model of Kane. The solution of the Boltzmann transport equation on the basis of this newly formulated electron dispersion law will introduce new physical ideas and experimental findings in the presence of external photoexcitation. It has been found taking n -InAs, n -InSb, n -Hg1-x Cdx Te, and n -In1-x Gax Asy P1-y lattice matched to InP, as examples that the DSL decreases with the increase in electron concentration, intensity, and wavelength, respectively in various manners. The strong dependence of the DSL on both light intensity and wavelength reflects the direct signature of light waves which is in contrast as compared with the corresponding bulk specimens of the said materials in the absence of external photoexcitation. The rate of change is totally band structure dependent and is significantly influenced by the presence of the different energy band constants. The classical DSL equation in the absence of light waves has been obtained as a special case of the present analysis under certain limiting conditions and this compatibility is the indirect test of our generalized formalism. We have also suggested an experimental method of determining the DSL in degenerate materials having arbitrary dispersion laws. © 2007 American Institute of Physics.
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JournalJournal of Applied Physics
PublisherAMER INST PHYSICS
ISSN0021-8979
Open AccessNo