Energy relaxation and thermalization of hot electrons in quantum wires

Details Energy relaxation and thermalization of hot electrons in quantum wires Energy relaxation and thermalization of hot electrons in quantum wires

2010-07-07

arxiv.org/abs/1007.1152v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 226407 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

5 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.226407

We develop a theory of energy relaxation and thermalization of hot carriers in real quantum wires. Our theory is based on a controlled perturbative approach for large excitation energies and emphasizes the important roles of the electron spin and finite temperature. Unlike in higher dimensions, relaxation in one-dimensional electron liquids requires three-body collisions and is much faster for particles than holes which relax at nonzero temperatures only. Moreover, co-moving carriers thermalize more rapidly than counterpropagating carriers. Our results are quantitatively consistent with a recent experiment.

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