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VNU JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, Malhematics - Physics, T.xx N03AP 2004 CA LCU LA TIO N O F T H E ABSO RPTIO N C O E F F IC IE N T O F A W EAK ELE C T R O M A G N E T IC W AVE BY F R E E C A R R IE R S IN QUANTUM W IR E S BY U SIN G T H E KUBO -M O RI M ETHO D N g u y e n Q u a n g B a u , D i n h Q u o c V u o n g , N g u y e n B a L a m , L u u B i c h L in h D epartm ent o f Physics, College o f Science, V N U A b s tr a c t: A n a ly tic e x p re s s io n s fo r th e h ig h -fre q u e n c y c o n d u c tiv ity te n s o r a n d th e a b s o rp tio n c o e ffic ie n t o f a w e a k e le c tro m a g n e tic w a v e (E M W ) du e to fre e c a rrie rs fo r th e c a s e o f e le c tro n -a c o u s tic p h o n o n s c a tte rin g in Q u a n tu m W ire s a re c a lc u la te d by u s in g th e K u b o -M o ri M eth od in tw o c a s e s : th e a b s e n c e o f a m a g n e tic fie ld an d th e p re s e n c e o f a m a g n e tic fie ld In c o m p a tio rt w ith b u lk s e m ic o n d u c to rs , d iffe re n t d e p e n d e n c e o f th e h ig h fre q u e n c y c o n d u c tiv ity te n s o r a n d th e a b s o rp tio n c o e ffic ie n ts o n th e e le c tro m a g n e tic w a v e fr e q u e n c y ® , th e te m p e tu re T o f th e s y s te m , th e c y c lo tro n fre q u e n c y Í Ì (w h e n a m a g n e tic fie ld is p re s e n t) a n d c h a c te ris tic p a m e te rs o f a Q u a n tu m W ire s is o b ta in e d T h e a n a ly tic e x p re s s io n s are n u m e ric a lly e v a lu a te d , p lo tte d a n d d is c u s s e d fo r a s p e c ific Q u a n tu m W ire s o f th e G a A s / G aA sA I I n t r o d u c t io n T h e c a p tio n o f e le c tro n s in the lo w -d im e n s io n a l system s ig n ific a n t ly re d uce d the v e r s a ltilit y o f th e electron s T h is le ad s to s ev era l o p t ic a l a n d e le c tr ic a l p ro pe rties, d iffe rin g to tho se o f u s u a l sem icon d uctors[l-5] T h e c a lc u la t io n s o f c o e ffic ie n t o f w e a k e le c tro m a g n e tic w a ve in q u a n tu m w e lls th e ab sorp tion [6 ], a n d in th e doped s u p c rla tic c s [7] w e re stu d ied In th is p a p e r w e s tu d y th e h ig h -freq u en cy c o n d u c tiv ity te n so r a n d th e ab sorp tion c o e ffic ie n t o f a w e a k e lec tro m a g n e tic w a ve (E M W ) (w eak e le c tro m a g n e tic w ave h a s the form : E = Eoe'wt) d u e to fre e c a rrie rs c o n fin e d in q u a n tu m w e s in th e cases o f the absence o f m a g n e tic fie ld a n d the p resen ce o f a m ag ne tic fie ld a p p lie d p e rp e n d ic u la r to its b a rrie rs T h e e le c tro n - 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frequen cy c o n d u c tiv ity te n so r in th e absebce o f m ag n e tic file d w h ic h is a fu n c tio n o f fre q ue n cy Ü) o f th e e le c tro m a g n e tic field , te m p e tu re T a n d p a m e te rs o f q u a n tu m w ires, w h ic h is n o n -lin ea r H ig h f r e q u e n c y c o n d u c t iv i t y t e n s o r a n d t h e a b s o r p t io n c o e f f i c i e n t o f w e a k e le c t r o m a g n e t ic w ave b y fr e e e le c tr o n s in q u a n tu m w ir e s in p re se n ce o f m a g n e t ic f i e l d In the case o f p resence o f m agnetic fie ld (m agnetic fie ld B //O Z ), u sin g K u b o-M o ri method, th e c om pon ents o f th e absorption coefficient o f electrom agnetic w ave in quantum w ires w ith electron-acoustic phonon s catterin g m echanism in presence o f externa] m agnetic field: (2) a xx((ũ,Q)= - ^ - R e xx(ci),Q), cN* W h ere Q = -^- is the frequency cyclotron, o ^ m q ) is th e p e rp e n d icu la r com ponents o f the h ig h frequen cy d u ctiv ity tensor in presence o f e xtern al m agnetic fie ld w h ich is a fu nction o f frequen cy (Ứ o f the electrom agnetic field, c yclotron frequen cy Q o f external m agnetic field, tem p eratu re T an d p aram eters o f q ua ntum w ires, w h ic h is non-linear N u m e r ic a l c a l c u l a t io n a n d d is c u s s io n F ig u r e Dependence o f the absorption coefficient of E M W on the energy o f E M W and temperature in the case of the Absence o f a M ag n e tic F ield F ig u r e Dependence o f the absorption coefficient o f E M W on the energy o f E M W and radius in the case o f the presence o f a M agnetic Fie ld NguyenQuctngBau,DinhQuocVuong 10 B a s e d o n t h e a n a ly t ic a l e x p re ss io n s fo r th e p e rp e n d ic u la r co m p o n e n ts o f th e h ig h fre q u e n cy c o n d u c t iv ity te n so r, th e a b s o rp tio n c o e ffic ie n t o f w e a k e le c tro m a g n e tic wave b y fre e e le c tro n s in q u a n t u m w ir e s w it h e le c tro n -a c o u s tic p h o n on s c a t te rin g m ech anism in th e c ase s o f p re se n ce (2) a n d ab sen ce (1) - (3) o f e x te rn a l m a g n e tic fie ld fo r a ty p ic a l q u a n tu m w ir e G a A s / G a A s A l w it h values: n = 0.01m eV;m = 0.067m ,e = 2.07e0 ; r = A ° a n d th e sy s te m is a s su m e d to be a s ro om te m p e tu re (T = 300°K) A c k n o w le d g m e n t s : T h is w o rk is c om p le te d w it h fin a n c ia l su p p o rt from the P ro g m o f B asic Research in N a tu r a l S cie n ce 411204 R e fe r e n c e s Phys Rev., N M o r i an d T A n d o , H R u c k e r,E -M o lin a ri and P L u g li, B40(1989) 6175 Phys.ReV., B45(1992) 6747 J.P o z e la a n d V Ju cie n e , Sov.Tech.sem icond, 29(1995) 459 A S u zu k i, G M Shm elev, I.A C h a ik o v s k i an d N guyen Phys R ev., B ( 1992) 6731 Q u ang B ail, Sov.Phys Tech Semicon., 12(1978) 1932 N g uy en Q u a n g B ail, T r a n C ong Phong, N g uy en Q u a n g J Phys Soc Japan., Bau, N g uy en V u N h a n and 41(2002) 149 R Kubo, J Phys Soc Ja p a n , H M o ri, Progr Thcor Phys, 12(1957) 570 34(1960) 399 67(1998) 3875 T n C ong Phong, Korean Phys Soc, ... a l c u l a t io n a n d d is c u s s io n F ig u r e Dependence o f the absorption coefficient of E M W on the energy o f E M W and temperature in the case of the Absence o f a M ag n e tic... o f the absorption coefficient o f E M W on the energy o f E M W and radius in the case o f the presence o f a M agnetic Fie ld NguyenQuctngBau,DinhQuocVuong 10 B a s e d o n t h e a n a ly... ents o f th e absorption coefficient o f electrom agnetic w ave in quantum w ires w ith electron-acoustic phonon s catterin g m echanism in presence o f externa] m agnetic field: (2) a xx((ũ,Q)=