Strain dependence of electron-phonon energy loss rate in many-valley semiconductors

  • Juha T. Muhonen*
  • , M.J. Prest
  • , Mika Prunnila
  • , David Gunnarsson
  • , V.A. Shah
  • , A. Dobbie
  • , M. Myronov
  • , R.J.H. Morris
  • , T.E. Whall
  • , E.H.C. Parker
  • , D.R. Leadley
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    We demonstrate significant modification of the electron-phonon energy loss rate in a many-valley semiconductor system due to lattice mismatch induced strain. We show that the thermal conductance from the electron system to the phonon bath in strained n+Si, at phonon temperatures between 200 and 480 mK, is more than an order of magnitude lower than that for a similar unstrained sample.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number182103
    Number of pages3
    JournalApplied Physics Letters
    Volume98
    Issue number18
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Keywords

    • electron-phonon interactions
    • elemental semiconductors
    • silicon
    • thermal conductivity

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