Wigner Approach to the Two-Band Kane Model for a Tunneling Diode

Transport Theory and Statistical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 347-366

  Borgioli, Giovanni ^a   Frosali, Giovanni ^a   Zweifel, Paul F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution equations; k P approximation; Quantum transport; Semigroup theory; Wigner function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142023253     PISSN: 00411450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/TT-120024768     Document Type: Conference Paper

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