Macroscopic models for almost elastic nonlinear electron-phonon interaction in semiconductors

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-120

  Schmeiser, Christian ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DRIFT-DIFFUSION LIMITS; ELASTIC NONLINEAR ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTION; FOKKER-PLANCK MODEL; SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTALS; SPHERICAL HARMONICS EXPANSION (SHE) MODELS;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 0343193148     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139998337577     Document Type: Article

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