Condensed Matter Physics, 2020, vol. 23, No. 3, 33708
DOI:10.5488/CMP.23.33708           arXiv:2010.00437

Title: Interaction of electrons with acoustic phonons in AlN/GaN resonant tunnelling nanostructures at different temperatures
Author(s):
  I.V. Boyko (Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University, 56 Ruska St., 46001 Ternopil, Ukraine),
  M.R. Petryk (Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University, 56 Ruska St., 46001 Ternopil, Ukraine)

The theory of the interaction of electrons with acoustic phonons in multilayer nitride-based AlN/GaN nanostructures was developed for the first time at T ≥ 0 using the method of finite-temperature Green's functions and Dyson equation. Components of the Hamiltonian describing the system of electrons with acoustic phonons and the magnitudes of the electron spectrum shifts due to the electron-phonon interaction were obtained. Dependences of the electronic spectrum levels and spectrum of the acoustic phonons were found depending on the position of the internal potential barrier in the studied nanostructure. The temperature shifts of the electronic spectrum and decay rates were calculated for various values of temperature T.

Key words: acoustic phonon, electron-phonon interaction, Green's function, Dyson equation, nitride-based nanostructure


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