Bloch oscillations in a Boltzmann transport equation formalism under the relaxation time approximation

Solid State Communications

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 819-823

  Nazareno, Hugo N ^a,b   Masut, Remo A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

D. etransport; D. quantum localization

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; QUANTUM THEORY; RELAXATION OSCILLATORS;

BLOCH OSCILLATIONS; BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; PHASE OSCILLATING CURRENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 0031098379     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-1098(96)00732-6     Document Type: Article

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