Plasmon-enhanced heat dissipation in GaN-based two-dimensional channels

Decay of nonequilibrium longitudinal optical (LO) phonons is investigated at room temperature in two-dimensional electron gas channels confined in nearly lattice-matched InAlN/AlN/GaN structures. A nonmonotonous dependence of the LO-phonon lifetime on the supplied electric power is reported for the first time and explained in terms of plasmon–LO-phonon resonance tuned by applied bias at a fixed sheet density (8×1012 cm−2). The shortest lifetime of 30±15 fs is found at the power of 20±10 nW/electron.

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