Electromagnetic surface modes in a magnetized quantum electron-hole plasma

Abstract

This is the published version of a paper published in Physical Review E. Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. Citation for the original published paper (version of record):Electromagnetic surface modes in a magnetized quantum electron-hole plasma.Physical Review E. Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 83(5) The propagation of surface electromagnetic waves along a uniform magnetic field is studied in a quantum electron-hole semiconductor plasma. A forward propagating mode is found by including the effect of quantum tunneling. In the classical limit (h → 0), one of the low-frequency modes found is similar to an experimentally observed one in n-type InSb at room temperature. The surface modes are shown to be significantly modified in the case of high-conductivity semiconductor plasmas where electrons and holes may be degenerate. The effects of the external magnetic field and the quantum tunneling on the surface wave modes are discussed.

Surface plasmons in a semi-bounded massless Dirac plasma

“…Furthermore, the density dependency of the plasma frequency in massless Dirac plasmas is different from that in Fermi plasmas, i.e., ω pD ∼ n 1/3 0 and ω pF ∼ n 1/2 0 . Out of several possible plasma modes [38,52,57], we are interested in the solutions of Eqs. (12) and (13) that have the following forms…”

Spin effect on propagation of surface waves in a magneto‐active quantum plasma

“…Furthermore, the dispersion relation for the propagation of surface waves in a magnetized spin 1/2 quantum plasma is derived through the elimination of integration constants C i 's using the boundary conditions [33] : (a) tangential component of the electric field is continuous at the interface, (b) normal component of the displacement vector is continuous at the interface, and (c) normal component of the electrons velocity is equal to zero at the boundary. Furthermore, the dispersion relation for the propagation of surface waves in a magnetized spin 1/2 quantum plasma is derived through the elimination of integration constants C i 's using the boundary conditions [33] : (a) tangential component of the electric field is continuous at the interface, (b) normal component of the displacement vector is continuous at the interface, and (c) normal component of the electrons velocity is equal to zero at the boundary.…”

“…Electric field components can be calculated by substituting Equations 20-22 into Equations 9 and 10. Furthermore, the dispersion relation for the propagation of surface waves in a magnetized spin 1/2 quantum plasma is derived through the elimination of integration constants C i 's using the boundary conditions [33] : (a) tangential component of the electric field is continuous at the interface, (b) normal component of the displacement vector is continuous at the interface, and (c) normal component of the electrons velocity is equal to zero at the boundary. The dispersion relation is as follows:…”

Pseudorelativistic effects on solitons in quantum semiconductor plasma

“…These quantum effects can produce new interesting physical phenomena ol electrostatic and electromagnetic waves in semiconductor quantum plasmas [3,4], which can be investigated by quantum hydrodynamic (QHD) equations, of which the Bohm potential stands for the quantum tunneling effect [5]. More recently, the two-stream instability in a quantum semiconductor plasma was studied using the QHD model [6], The instability in an electron beam pumped GaAs semiconductor can arise due to the excitation of electron-hole pairs [7], The longitudinal waves and electromagnetic surface waves were all modified by the quantum corrections [8,9]. The quantum effects would also reduce the threshold electric field for the onset of parametric amplification [10].…”