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Mehran Shahmansouri

Mehran Shahmansouri

Academic rank: Professor
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1810-3206
Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 25422980900
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Faculty: Science
Address: Physics Department/Arak University
Phone: 08632621300

Research

Title
Surface plasmon oscillations in a semibounded semiconductor plasma
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Surface plasmon oscillations, semibounded semiconductor plasma
Year
2018
Journal Plasma Science and Technology
DOI
Researchers Mehran Shahmansouri ، Amar Prashad Misra

Abstract

We study the dispersion properties of surface plasmon (SP) oscillations in a semi-bounded semiconductor plasma with the effects of the Coulomb exchange (CE) force associated with the spin polarization of electrons and holes as well as the effects of the Fermi degenerate pressure and the quantum Bohm potential. Starting from a quantum hydrodynamic model coupled to the Poisson equation, we derive the general dispersion relation for surface plasma waves. Previous results in this context are recovered. The dispersion properties of the surface waves are analyzed in some particular cases of interest and the relative influence of the quantum forces on these waves are also studied for a nano-sized GaAs semiconductor plasma. It is found that the CE effects significantly modify the behaviors of the SP waves. The present results are applicable to understand the propagation characteristics of surface waves in solid density plasmas.