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Using a kinetic description for electrons and the usual equation of motion for lattice displacement we have derived a general dispersion relation for acoustic waves in a piezoelectric semiconductor, in the presence of a strong high frequency electric field oscillating near the electron plasma frequency. Earlier hydrodynamic results valid forkλ e≪1 (wherek is the wave number of the acoustic wave andλ ethe electron mean free path) are rederived as a special case. Forkλ e≫1, two instability branches are discovered and magnitudes of the threshold electric field required to drive the acoustic wave unstable in each case, are obtained.
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Sundaram, A.K., Kaw, P.K. & Sharma, S.K. Kinetic theory of parametric excitation of acoustic waves in piezoelectric semiconductors. Pramana - J. Phys 2, 304–311 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02847243
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