Monte Carlo investigation of hot photoexcited electron relaxation in GaAs
Abstract
The relaxation of hot photoexcited electrons is investigated in GaAs using an ensemble Monte Carlo approach, taking into account both the electron-hole interaction and the hot photon effect. Immediately after excitation by a 588 nm laser pulse, a considerable fraction of electrons transfers to the upper valleys instead of cascading down the central valley.
- Publication:
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Optical Society of America, Topical Meeting on Picosecond Electronics and Optoelectronics
- Pub Date:
- October 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987osa..meet..130O
- Keywords:
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- Atomic Excitations;
- Electron States;
- Gallium Arsenides;
- Molecular Relaxation;
- Monte Carlo Method;
- Electron Transfer;
- Laser Outputs;
- Picosecond Pulses;
- Raman Spectra;
- Solid-State Physics