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One channel for the relaxation of photoexcited (P.E.) hot carriers in semiconductors is, at T=0, spontaneous emission of highly energetic phonons. The purpose of the present study is to trace back the complicated cascade mechanisms leading to thermalization.
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Huet, D., Maneval, J.P. (1980). Decay of Optical into Acoustical Phonons. In: Maris, H.J. (eds) Phonon Scattering in Condensed Matter. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3063-9_34
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