Many-body theory of energy relaxation in an excited-electron gas via optical-phonon emission

1990 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 3561-3571 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Das Sarma ◽  
J. K. Jain ◽  
R. Jalabert

We discuss the various many-body effects that contribute to the large optical nonlinearities of semiconductors close to the band edge. Such effects are: band filling, screening due to the excited electron-hole pairs, band-gap shrinkage, energy broadening and excitonic enhancement. Compared to the Coulomb self-energy corrections, the radiative self-energies are normally small. However, they determine the transition rates in the rate equations of the photons and electrons.


1968 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 392-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
K DIETRICH ◽  
K HARA

1970 ◽  
Vol 31 (C4) ◽  
pp. C4-99-C4-104
Author(s):  
T. P. DAS ◽  
C. M. DUTTA ◽  
N. C. DUTTA

1988 ◽  
Vol 88 (12) ◽  
pp. 7791-7798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie J. Root ◽  
Frank H. Stillinger ◽  
Gary E. Washington

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