Anisotropy of thermal conductivity and energy-flux relaxation time of hot electrons in semiconductors

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1572-1581

  Brunetti, R ^a   Golinelli, P ^a   Rudan, M ^b   Reggiani, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HOT CARRIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; RELAXATION PROCESSES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

CORRELATION FUNCTION METHOD; ENERGY FLUX RELAXATION TIME; HOT ELECTRON; KUBO THEORY; RELAXATION TIME METHOD;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 0033070880     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.369288     Document Type: Article

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