A deterministic solution method for the coupled system of transport equations for the electrons and phonons in polar semiconductors

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1479-1497

  Galler, M ^a   Schurrer F ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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EID: 1142301540     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/37/5/002     Document Type: Article

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