In compound semiconductor crystals with a substantial degree of ionicity Froelich interaction of charge carriers with longitudinal optical phonons is strong enough to produce detectable polaron effects. In this paper polaron effects are analyzed using a quantum theory of electron transport based on the momentum and frequency-dependent Wigner function fw(p,ω), defined starting from the G< Green function, simply related to the electron spectral function A(p,ω). The theoretical approach considers the dynamical evolution of the electron Wigner function in presence of phonon scattering. An elaboration of the quantum dynamical equation in terms of Wigner paths formed by free flights and scattering events is used. These paths are especially suitable for a Monte Carlo solution of the transport equation for the Wigner function very similar to the semiclassical traditional Monte Carlo solution of the Boltzmann equation. Numerical results for GaAs and CdTe in a variety of physical conditions are presented.

QUANTUM DYNAMICS OF POLARON FORMATION WITH THE WIGNER-FUNCTION APPROACH / Jacoboni, Carlo; Brunetti, Rossella; S., Monastra. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS. - ISSN 1098-0121. - STAMPA. - 68:(2003), pp. 1-9. [10.1103/PhysRevB.68.125205]

QUANTUM DYNAMICS OF POLARON FORMATION WITH THE WIGNER-FUNCTION APPROACH

JACOBONI, Carlo;BRUNETTI, Rossella;
2003

Abstract

In compound semiconductor crystals with a substantial degree of ionicity Froelich interaction of charge carriers with longitudinal optical phonons is strong enough to produce detectable polaron effects. In this paper polaron effects are analyzed using a quantum theory of electron transport based on the momentum and frequency-dependent Wigner function fw(p,ω), defined starting from the G< Green function, simply related to the electron spectral function A(p,ω). The theoretical approach considers the dynamical evolution of the electron Wigner function in presence of phonon scattering. An elaboration of the quantum dynamical equation in terms of Wigner paths formed by free flights and scattering events is used. These paths are especially suitable for a Monte Carlo solution of the transport equation for the Wigner function very similar to the semiclassical traditional Monte Carlo solution of the Boltzmann equation. Numerical results for GaAs and CdTe in a variety of physical conditions are presented.
2003
68
1
9
QUANTUM DYNAMICS OF POLARON FORMATION WITH THE WIGNER-FUNCTION APPROACH / Jacoboni, Carlo; Brunetti, Rossella; S., Monastra. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS. - ISSN 1098-0121. - STAMPA. - 68:(2003), pp. 1-9. [10.1103/PhysRevB.68.125205]
Jacoboni, Carlo; Brunetti, Rossella; S., Monastra
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