Title:	Relaxation of femtosecond photoexcited electrons in a polar indirect band-gap semiconductor nanoparticle
Authors:	Navinder Singh
Keywords:	Electron gas Fermi gas Semiconductor componds
Issue Date:	Jan-2005
Publisher:	Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.
Citation:	Pramana, 2005, Vol. 64, p111-118.
Abstract:	A model calculation is given for the energy relaxation of a non-equilibrium distribution of hot electrons (holes) prepared in the conduction (valence) band of a polar indirect band-gap semiconductor, which has been subjected to homogeneous photo exci-tation by a femtosecond laser pulse. The model assumes that the pulsed photo excitation creates two distinct but spatially interpenetrating electron and hole non-equilibrium subsystems that initially relax non-radiatively through the electron (hole)-phonon processes towards the conduction (valence) band minimum (maximum), and finally radiatively through the phonon-assisted electron-hole recombination across the band-gap, which is a relatively slow process. This leads to an accumulation of electrons (holes) at the conduction (valence) band minimum (maximum). The resulting peaking of the carrier density and the entire evolution of the hot electron (hole) distribution has been calculated. The latter may be time resolved by a pump-probe study. The model is particularly applicable to a divided (nanometric) polar indirect band-gap semiconductor with a low carrier concentration and strong electron-phonon coupling, where the usual two-temperature model [1-4] may not be appropriate.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/867
ISSN:	0304-4289
Copyright:	Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.
Appears in Collections:	Research Papers (LAMP)

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