Band structure anisotropy effects on the hole transport transient in 4H-SiC

We study the role of band structure anisotropy on the hole transport in 4H–SiC during the transient regime. For the same strength of the applied electric field, the drift velocity overshoot of the hole is stronger and reaches steady state later when the field is applied perpendicular to the c-axis, than when the field is in the c-axis direction. In both cases, the time for the hole drift velocity and mean energy to reach steady state is under 50 fs, depending on the electric field strength, and are one order of magnitude shorter than the time for the electron drift velocity and mean energy to attain the steady state. q 2003 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.