Simulation of Gunn oscillations with a non-parabolic hydrodynamical model based on the maximum entropy principle

COMPEL - The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-54

  Mascali, Giovanni ^a,b   Romano, Vittorio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Electron physics; Numerical analysis; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOELECTRIC EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON DEVICES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENTROPY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTEGRATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

CONDUCTION BANDS; ELECTRON PHYSICS; GUNN OSCILLATIONS; KANE DISPERSION RELATION;

OSCILLATIONS;

EID: 18144366409     PISSN: 03321649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03321640510571039     Document Type: Article

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