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¹Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA. efros@physics.utah.edu

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This study generalizes the Einstein relation for interacting electron-hole plasmas, considering correlation and exchange effects. The new model explains experimental anomalies in ambipolar diffusion coefficients at low temperatures.

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Area of Science:

Condensed matter physics
Semiconductor physics

Background:

The Einstein relation connects diffusion and electric fields in plasmas.
Interactions within electron-hole plasmas can alter transport properties.

Purpose of the Study:

To generalize the Einstein relation for interacting electron-hole plasmas.
To explain experimental anomalies in ambipolar diffusion.

Main Methods:

Theoretical calculations for nondegenerate plasmas in silicon and germanium.
Inclusion of Debye-Huckel correlation and Wigner-Seitz exchange terms.
Consideration of carrier mobility corrections due to local electric fields.

Main Results:

A generalized Einstein relation is derived for interacting plasmas.
Deviations from the standard relation are significant at low temperatures.
The model accounts for the experimentally observed anomaly in ambipolar diffusion.

Conclusions:

The generalized Einstein relation provides a more accurate description of transport in interacting electron-hole plasmas.
Low-temperature effects and carrier interactions are crucial for understanding diffusion anomalies.
This work offers a theoretical framework for experimental findings in semiconductor physics.