Abstract
The momentum relaxation time for scattering of electrons in quantized levels of an inversion layer on a semiconductor surface is calculated for interactions via optical and intervalley phonons. A selection rule is found which prohibits transitions between subbands belonging to the same valley or set of valleys, at least in the zero order to which these scattering processes may occur. Relaxation times for the zero-order interaction and the first-order interaction are obtained for intervalley phonons. The results are applied to the case of a (100)-silicon surface, with electrons in the three lowest subbands (with energy levels E 0, E 1, E' 0) of the two sets of valleys. Agreement with the experimental data of Fang and Fowler is good when the combined effects of intervalley and acoustic scattering are considered.
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