A coherent extension of the transport equations in semiconductors incorporating the quantum correction - Part II: Collective transport

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 503-508

  Rudan, Massimo ^a,b   Reggiani, Susanna ^a,b   Gnani, Elena ^a,b   Baccarani, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nanoscale devices; Quantum corrections; Semiconductors; Transport

Indexed keywords

NANOSCALE DEVICES; QUANTUM CORRECTIONS; SEMICLASSICAL EQUATIONS; TRANSPORT;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BALLISTICS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FUNCTIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 26644460878     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2005.851412     Document Type: Article

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