Impact Ionization Rate of Electrons in Bilayer Graphene Nanoribbons.

An analytical model is developed for calculating the electric field-dependent electron ionization rate in bilayer graphene nanoribbons. All probable arrangements of optical phonon and inter-electron scattering phenomena before the occurrence of an ionizing collision event have been considered in this model, which is viewed as the multistage scattering model of impact ionization. This model considers both lucky ballistic and lucky drift electrons moving under an applied electric field. The numerical results calculated by using this model are compared with the results obtained from an earlier developed analytical model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]