Semiconductor superlattices: A model system for nonlinear transport

Physics Reports

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-111

  Wacker, Andreas ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Formation of field domains; Nonequilibrium Green functions; Superlattice transport; THz irradiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243634103     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(01)00029-1     Document Type: Review

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