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Confined acoustic phonons in a free‐standing quantum well and their interaction with electrons

  • Wayne State University
  • United States Army Research Office

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Abstract

The Lagrangian of an isotropic continuous medium and Lagrangian formalism are used to consistently derive acoustic eigenmodes, to normalize them, and to determine the acoustic phonons (confined acoustic phonons) in a free‐standing quantum well. These phonons may be classified as shear, dilatational, and flexural phonons in accordance with the acoustic terminology for eigenmodes. The Hamiltonians describing interactions of the confined acoustic phonons with electrons in the approximations of the deformation potential and the piezoelectric scattering potential are obtained and analyzed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)131-142
Number of pages12
JournalPhysica Status Solidi (B): Basic Research
Volume183
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 1994

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