Electronic and thermoelectric transport in semiconductor and metallic superlattices

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1233-1245

  Vashaee, Daryoosh ^a   Shakouri, Ali ^a  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; FERMI LEVEL; MULTILAYERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; THERMIONIC EMISSION; THERMOELECTRICITY;

EMITTER JUNCTION; FERMI-DIRAC STATISTICS; PLANAR SEMICONDUCTOR BARRIERS; QUANTUM MECHANICAL REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; THERMOELECTRIC TRANSPORT;

SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 1142304498     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1635992     Document Type: Article

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