Self-organized current-density patterns and bifurcations in n-GaAs with a circular symmetry of contacts

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 236, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-255

  Hirschinger, J ^a   Eberle, W ^a   Prettl, W ^a   Niedernostheide, F J ^b   Kostial, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c PAUL DRUDE INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERELEKTRONIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Current filaments; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; HYSTERESIS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM;

CIRCULAR CONTACTS; CIRCULAR SYMMETRY; CURRENT FILAMENTS; HYSTERETIC BEHAVIOR; PATTERN FORMATION; SUB-CRITICAL BIFURCATIONS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

EID: 5944225380     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(97)00779-2     Document Type: Article

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