Electron and hole transport in bulk ZnO: A full band Monte Carlo study

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 857-863

  Bertazzi, Francesco ^a,b   Goano, Michele ^b   Bellotti, Enrico ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron phonon scattering; High field transport; Impact ionization; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PHONON SCATTERING; HIGH-FIELD TRANSPORT; HOLE TRANSPORT; WAVEVECTOR-DEPENDENT DIELECTRIC FUNCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; HOLE MOBILITY; IMPACT IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHONON SCATTERING;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 34548222001     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-007-0111-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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