中国物理B ›› 2007, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (10): 3059-3066.doi: 10.1088/1009-1963/16/10/040

• CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

On the possibility of self-trapping transition of acoustic polarons in two dimensions

侯俊华, 梁希侠   

  1. Department of Physics, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China
  • 收稿日期:2006-12-04 修回日期:2007-02-07 出版日期:2007-10-08 发布日期:2007-10-08
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the Doctoral Program Foundation of Institutions of Higher Education China (Grant No 20040126003) and the Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongol of China (Grant No 200408020101).

On the possibility of self-trapping transition of acoustic polarons in two dimensions

Hou Jun-Hua(侯俊华) and Liang Xi-Xia(梁希侠)   

  1. Department of Physics, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China
  • Received:2006-12-04 Revised:2007-02-07 Online:2007-10-08 Published:2007-10-08
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the Doctoral Program Foundation of Institutions of Higher Education China (Grant No 20040126003) and the Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongol of China (Grant No 200408020101).

摘要: A 2D electron-longitudinal-acoustic-phonon interaction Hamiltonian is derived and used to calculate the ground-state energy of the acoustic polarons in two dimensions. The numerical results for the ground-state energy of the acoustic polarons in two and three dimensions are obtained. The 3D results agree with those obtained by using the Feynman path-integral approach. It is found that the critical coupling constant of the transition from the quasifree state to the self-trapped state in the 2D case is much smaller than in the 3D case for a given cutoff wave-vector. The theory has been used to judge the possibility of the self-trapping for several real materials. The results indicate that the self-trappings of the electrons in AlN and the holes in AlN and GaN are expected to be observed in 2D systems.

Abstract: A 2D electron-longitudinal-acoustic-phonon interaction Hamiltonian is derived and used to calculate the ground-state energy of the acoustic polarons in two dimensions. The numerical results for the ground-state energy of the acoustic polarons in two and three dimensions are obtained. The 3D results agree with those obtained by using the Feynman path-integral approach. It is found that the critical coupling constant of the transition from the quasifree state to the self-trapped state in the 2D case is much smaller than in the 3D case for a given cutoff wave-vector. The theory has been used to judge the possibility of the self-trapping for several real materials. The results indicate that the self-trappings of the electrons in AlN and the holes in AlN and GaN are expected to be observed in 2D systems.

Key words: acoustic polarons, self trapping, two-dimensional electron-phonon interaction

中图分类号:  (Self-trapped or small polarons)

  • 71.38.Ht
63.20.K- (Phonon interactions) 71.30.+h (Metal-insulator transitions and other electronic transitions)