Impact ionization rates of semiconductors in an electric field: The effect of collisional broadening

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 829-836

  Madureira, Justino R ^a   Semkat, Dirk ^a   Bonitz, Michael ^a   Redmer, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

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EID: 0035878849     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1381554     Document Type: Article

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