Carrier Scattering in Solids

摘要: This chapter illustrates the application of time-dependent perturbation theory to transport physics. It uses this derive Fermi’s Golden Rule which provides a useful prescription calculate rate with an electron scatters as it travels through solid and interacts various entities such impurities phonons. These rates appear in BTE are first mentioned Chap. 2, but derived here. In order make student comfortable applying problems, scattering interacting nonpolar acoustic phonons is three-, two- one-dimensional systems function electron’s kinetic energy. Such exercises extremely instructive reveal important physics associated carrier interactions environment both bulk quantum-confined systems. Once students master technique calculating due any one type interaction, they should be able other interaction since basic principle same. A few advanced topics phonon confinement bottleneck effects also discussed.