Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport in narrow gap heterostructures

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 5286-5295

  Thobel, Jean Luc ^a   Bonno, Olivier ^a   Dessenne, François ^a   Boutry, Hervé ^a  

^a INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINGER EQUATION; DOUBLE WELL; EFFECTIVE MASS; EIGENVALUE SOLVERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY DEPENDENT; ENVELOPE FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NARROW GAP; NON PARABOLICITY; POTENTIAL PROFILES; SINGLE WELL; VALENCE BAND STATE;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; IMPACT IONIZATION; ITERATIVE METHODS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 18744404048     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1511820     Document Type: Article

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