Soft carrier multiplication by hot electrons in graphene

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Girdhar, Anuj ^a,b   Leburton, J P ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN; CARRIER MULTIPLICATION; ELECTRONIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; INCREASING FUNCTIONS; QUADRATIC FUNCTION;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GRAPHENE; HOT ELECTRONS; IMPACT IONIZATION;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION;

EID: 79961066918     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3615286     Document Type: Article

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