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Prebreakdown generation of nonequilibrium electron-hole pairs: The multiphoton avalanche effect

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A new mechanism of prebreakdown generation of electron-hole pairs is considered. It includes a cascade of interband multiphoton transitions as well as Auger-type processes involving two or three photons. A combination of these processes leads to the multiphoton avalanche effect. The threshold pumping radiation intensities required for triggering the avalanche mechanism lie in the range of 1011–1012W/cm2. The band population balance equations describing the kinetics of pair production are obtained and solved numerically. It is shown that the proposed mechanism of production of nonequilibrium electron-hole pairs is more effective than “conventional” multiphoton absorption for intensities exceeding the threshold values.

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Translated from Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 128, No. 2, 2005, pp. 411–421.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Perlin, Ivanov, Levitski\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \).

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Perlin, E.Y., Ivanov, A.V. & Levitskii, R.S. Prebreakdown generation of nonequilibrium electron-hole pairs: The multiphoton avalanche effect. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 101, 357–366 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.2047802

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