Real-Space Transfer and Hot-Electron Transport Properties in III-V Semiconductor Heterostructures

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1989, Pages 2344-2352

  Sakamoto, Ryoji ^a   Akai, Kiyoyasu ^a   Inoue, Masataka ^a  

^a OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS--TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS--MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

HOT ELECTRONS; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 0024751889     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.40920     Document Type: Article

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