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Title: Ab initio electron mobility and polar phonon scattering in GaAs

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
 [1];  [2]
  1. California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); DOE/OSTI
  2. California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)

In polar semiconductors and oxides, the long-range nature of the electron-phonon (e- ph) interaction is a bottleneck to compute charge transport from first principles. In this work, we develop an efficient ab initio scheme to compute and converge the e- ph relaxation times (RTs) and electron mobility in polar materials. We apply our approach to GaAs, where by using the Boltzmann equation with state-dependent RTs, we compute mobilities in excellent agreement with experiment at 250 – 500 K . The e- ph RTs and the phonon contributions to intravalley and intervalley e- ph scattering are also analyzed. Our work enables efficient ab initio computations of transport and carrier dynamics in polar materials.

Research Organization:
California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0004993; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1535797
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 94; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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