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Charged impurity scattering limited low temperature resistivity of low density silicon inversion layers

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-10-31 v3

Abstract

We calculate within the Boltzmann equation approach the charged impurity scattering limited low temperature electronic resistivity of low density nn-type inversion layers in Si MOSFET structures. We find a rather sharp quantum to classical crossover in the transport behavior in the 050 - 5K temperature range, with the low density, low temperature mobility showing a strikingly strong non-monotonic temperature dependence, which may qualitatively explain the recently observed anomalously strong temperature dependent resistivity in low-density, high-mobility MOSFETs.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9812216,
  title  = {Charged impurity scattering limited low temperature resistivity of low density silicon inversion layers},
  author = {S. Das Sarma and E. H. Hwang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9812216},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures, will appear in PRL (12 July, 1999)