High-field transport in a dense two-dimensional electron gas in elementary semiconductors

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 3793-3797

  Dmitriev, A P ^a   Kachorovskii, V Yu ^a   Shur, M S ^b  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0035307614     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1351055     Document Type: Article

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