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1.3.2. Electron-Hole energy transfer mechanism<br />

In most semiconductors the electron effective mass is much smaller than hole<br />

effective mass, this leads to a flat dispersion curve for holes or in other words DOS in<br />

valence band is much higher compared to DOS in conduction band. Additionally, valence<br />

band is degenerate in II-VI semiconductors like CdSe, CdTe etc. This degeneracy also<br />

contributes towards greater DOS of valence band. Therefore intraband transition in valence<br />

band is much faster than intraband transition in conduction bands. Therefore a coulomb<br />

interaction can transfer energy from electron to holes leading to faster cooling of electrons. In<br />

fact several studies have confirmed involvement of this mechanism in cooling [1.22, 1.23]<br />

(see fig.1.5).<br />

Electron-Hole Energy Transfer<br />

Figure 1.5. Schematic of electron-hole energy transfer process.<br />

1.3.3. Multiparticle Auger Processes<br />

This mechanism also is an energy transfer process by which if there are more than<br />

two particles in a quantum dot and excess energy is transferred to third particle. It is clear

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