BALANCE-EQUATIONS FOR HOT-ELECTRON TRANSPORT WITH INTRA-COLLISIONAL FIELD EFFECTS

Authors
KLEINERT P
Citation
P. Kleinert, BALANCE-EQUATIONS FOR HOT-ELECTRON TRANSPORT WITH INTRA-COLLISIONAL FIELD EFFECTS, Physica. B, Condensed matter, 245(3), 1998, pp. 225-232
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physica. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
09214526
Volume
245
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
225 - 232
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-4526(1998)245:3<225:BFHTWI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The balance equation approach is generalized to account for intra-coll isional field effects. Specific results are derived for the miniband t ransport in a semiconductor superlattice. The inclusion of intra-colli sional field effects into the balance equations gives rise to sizable quantitative changes of the drift velocity but does not lead to more q ualitative modifications of the current-voltage characteristics which are due to Wannier-Stark localization. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.