Nonequilibrium Behavior of Carriers in Semiconductors Subjected to Strong Space-Time Varying Fields

Abstract

During this funding period, the macrokinetic theory for electron transport (developed for semiconductors during the previous funding period) has been implemented for multivalley semiconductor. The model has been applied to GaAs subjected to rapidly varying (in time) fields. The set of material parameters used has been obtained by minimizing the error between calculated and measured transport parameters over the range of values of applied field for which experimental results are available. An experimental facility for investigating the transient dynamics of high power semiconducting switches has been established.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA246961

Entities

People

  • Erich E. Kunhardt

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Band Structures
  • Band Theory Of Solids
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Charge Carriers
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Crystal Lattice Vibrations
  • Current Density
  • Energy Bands
  • Energy Gaps
  • Energy Transfer
  • Fermi Levels
  • Geometry
  • Lasers
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Phonons
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors

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  • Physics

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  • Microelectronics
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