Simple good approximations for the special elliptic functions in standard Fowler-Nordheim tunneling theory for a Schottky-Nordheim barrier

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Forbes, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

FOWLER-NORDHEIM (FN) EQUATION; FOWLER-NORDHEIM CORRECTION FACTOR; NORDHEIM PARAMETER; TUNNELING THEORY;

ELECTRON TUNNELING;

EID: 33748706997     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2354582     Document Type: Article

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