arXiv · cond-mat/9907027
Shot-noise in non-degenerate semiconductors with energy-dependent elastic scattering
Abstract
We investigate current fluctuations in non-degenerate semiconductors, on length scales intermediate between the elastic and inelastic mean free paths. The shot-noise power P is suppressed below the Poisson value P_{\rm Poisson}=2e\bar I (at mean current \bar I) by the Coulomb repulsion of the carriers. We consider a power-law dependence of the elastic scattering time τ\proptoε^α on kinetic energy εand present an exact solution of the non-linear kinetic equations in the regime of space-charge limited conduction. The ratio P/P_{\rm Poisson} decreases from 0.38 to 0 in the range -1/2 < α< 1.
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H. Schomerus, E. G. Mishchenko, C. W. J. Beenakker. 1999-07-02. Shot-noise in non-degenerate semiconductors with energy-dependent elastic scattering. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45557-4_9
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