Electron drift and diffusion in a high electric field

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 4543-4552

  Bringuier, E ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0042531459     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.4543     Document Type: Article

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