An increase in the electron mobility in the two-barrier AlGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure as a result of introduction of thin InAs barriers for polar optical phonons into the GaAs quantum well

Abstract

Confinement and localization of optical phonons in narrow phonon wells with thin phonon barriers decreases the rate of electron-phonon scattering by polar optical phonons by a factor of many times. An increase in mobility and drift velocity of electrons is experimentally observed in strong electric fields upon introduction of thin phonon barriers into the AlGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well.