A Wigner equation with quantum electron-phonon interaction

被引:9
作者
Nedjalkov, M [1 ]
Kosina, H [1 ]
Kosik, R [1 ]
Selberherr, S [1 ]
机构
[1] Vienna Tech Univ, Inst Microelect, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
关键词
Wigner function; nanostructure; quantum electron-phonon interaction;
D O I
10.1016/S0167-9317(02)00625-1
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We present a kinetic equation which is obtained after a hierarchy of approximations from the generalized electron-phonon Wigner function. The equation accounts for quantum effects in the electron-phonon interaction which are investigated by numerical experiments. An analysis shows that in contrast to the potential term, which is non local in momentum but local in space, the interaction term is non local also in the real space. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:199 / 203
页数:5
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