Physics Of Nonlinear Transport In Semiconductors

Author : David K. Ferry,John Robert Barker,C. Jacobini
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781468436389

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Physics of Nonlinear Transport in Semiconductors by David K. Ferry,John Robert Barker,C. Jacobini Pdf

The area of high field transport in semiconductors has been of interest since the early studies of dielectric breakdown in various materials. It really emerged as a sub-discipline of semiconductor physics in the early 1960's, following the discovery of substantial deviations from Ohm's law at high electric fields. Since that time, it has become a major area of importance in solid state electronics as semiconductor devices have operated at higher frequencies and higher powers. It has become apparent since the Modena Conference on Hot Electrons in 1973, that the area of hot electrons has ex tended weIl beyond the concept of semi-classical electrons (or holes) in homogeneous semiconductor materials. This was exemplified by the broad range of papers presented at the International Conference on Hot Electrons in Semiconductors, held in Denton, Texas, in 1977. Hot electron physics has progressed from a limited phenomeno logical science to a full-fledged experimental and precision theo retical science. The conceptual base and subsequent applications have been widened and underpinned by the development of ab initio nonlinear quantum transport theory which complements and identifies the limitations of the traditional semi-classical Boltzmann-Bloch picture. Such diverse areas as large polarons, pico-second laser excitation, quantum magneto-transport, sub-three dimensional systems, and of course device dynamics all have been shown to be strongly interactive with more classical hot electron pictures.

Author : J. Devreeese
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781475708752

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Linear and Nonlinear Electron Transport in Solids by J. Devreeese Pdf

Author : Chin Sen Ting
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Science
ISBN : 9810210086

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Physics of Hot Electron Transport in Semiconductors by Chin Sen Ting Pdf

This review volume is based primarily on the balance equation approach developed since 1984. It provides a simple and analytical description about hot electron transport, particularly, in semiconductors with higher carrier density where the carrier-carrier collision is much stronger than the single particle scattering. The steady state and time-dependent hot electron transport, thermal noise, hot phonon effect, the memory effect, and other related subjects of charge carriers under strong electric fields are reviewed. The application of Zubarev's nonequilibrium statistical operator to hot electron transport and its equivalence to the balance equation method are also presented. For semiconductors with very low carrier density, the problem can be regarded as a single carrier transport which will be treated non-perturbatively by the nonequilibrium Green's function technique and the path integral theory. The last part of this book consists of a chapter on the dynamic conductivity and the shot noise suppression of a double-carrier resonant tunneling system.

Author : Eckehard Schöll
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001-02-22
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780521451864

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Nonlinear Spatio-Temporal Dynamics and Chaos in Semiconductors by Eckehard Schöll Pdf

This book brings together concepts from semiconductor physics, nonlinear-dynamics and chaos to examine semiconductor transport phenomena.

Author : David K. Ferry
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351796378

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An Introduction to Quantum Transport in Semiconductors by David K. Ferry Pdf

Throughout their college career, most engineering students have done problems and studies that are basically situated in the classical world. Some may have taken quantum mechanics as their chosen field of study. This book moves beyond the basics to highlight the full quantum mechanical nature of the transport of carriers through nanoelectronic structures. The book is unique in that addresses quantum transport only in the materials that are of interest to microelectronics—semiconductors, with their variable densities and effective masses. The author develops Green’s functions starting from equilibrium Green’s functions and going through modern time-dependent approaches to non-equilibrium Green’s functions, introduces relativistic bands for graphene and topological insulators and discusses the quantum transport changes that these bands induce, and discusses applications such as weak localization and phase breaking processes, resonant tunneling diodes, single-electron tunneling, and entanglement. Furthermore, he also explains modern ensemble Monte Carlo approaches to simulation of various approaches to quantum transport and the hydrodynamic approaches to quantum transport. All in all, the book describes all approaches to quantum transport in semiconductors, thus becoming an essential textbook for advanced graduate students in electrical engineering or physics.

Author : Wilfried Schäfer,Martin Wegener
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662046630

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Semiconductor Optics and Transport Phenomena by Wilfried Schäfer,Martin Wegener Pdf

Well-balanced and up-to-date introduction to the field of semiconductor optics, including transport phenomena in semiconductors. Starting with the theoretical fundamentals of this field the book develops, assuming a basic knowledge of solid-state physics. The application areas of the theory covered include semiconductor lasers, detectors, electro-optic modulators, single-electron transistors, microcavities and double-barrier resonant tunneling diodes. One hundred problems with hints for solution help the readers to deepen their knowledge.

Author : L. Reggiani
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783540388494

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Hot-Electron Transport in Semiconductors by L. Reggiani Pdf

Hot-Electron Transport in Semiconductors (Topics in Applied Physics).

Author : Ansgar Jüngel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540895251

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Transport Equations for Semiconductors by Ansgar Jüngel Pdf

This volume presents a systematic and mathematically accurate description and derivation of transport equations in solid state physics, in particular semiconductor devices.

Author : Massimo V. Fischetti,William G. Vandenberghe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319011011

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Advanced Physics of Electron Transport in Semiconductors and Nanostructures by Massimo V. Fischetti,William G. Vandenberghe Pdf

This textbook is aimed at second-year graduate students in Physics, Electrical Engineering, or Materials Science. It presents a rigorous introduction to electronic transport in solids, especially at the nanometer scale.Understanding electronic transport in solids requires some basic knowledge of Hamiltonian Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Condensed Matter Theory, and Statistical Mechanics. Hence, this book discusses those sub-topics which are required to deal with electronic transport in a single, self-contained course. This will be useful for students who intend to work in academia or the nano/ micro-electronics industry.Further topics covered include: the theory of energy bands in crystals, of second quantization and elementary excitations in solids, of the dielectric properties of semiconductors with an emphasis on dielectric screening and coupled interfacial modes, of electron scattering with phonons, plasmons, electrons and photons, of the derivation of transport equations in semiconductors and semiconductor nanostructures somewhat at the quantum level, but mainly at the semi-classical level. The text presents examples relevant to current research, thus not only about Si, but also about III-V compound semiconductors, nanowires, graphene and graphene nanoribbons. In particular, the text gives major emphasis to plane-wave methods applied to the electronic structure of solids, both DFT and empirical pseudopotentials, always paying attention to their effects on electronic transport and its numerical treatment. The core of the text is electronic transport, with ample discussions of the transport equations derived both in the quantum picture (the Liouville-von Neumann equation) and semi-classically (the Boltzmann transport equation, BTE). An advanced chapter, Chapter 18, is strictly related to the ‘tricky’ transition from the time-reversible Liouville-von Neumann equation to the time-irreversible Green’s functions, to the density-matrix formalism and, classically, to the Boltzmann transport equation. Finally, several methods for solving the BTE are also reviewed, including the method of moments, iterative methods, direct matrix inversion, Cellular Automata and Monte Carlo. Four appendices complete the text.

Author : David K. Ferry,Carlo Jacoboni
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781489923592

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Quantum Transport in Semiconductors by David K. Ferry,Carlo Jacoboni Pdf

The majority of the chapters in this volume represent a series of lectures. that were given at a workshop on quantum transport in ultrasmall electron devices, held at San Miniato, Italy, in March 1987. These have, of course, been extended and updated during the period that has elapsed since the workshop was held, and have been supplemented with additional chapters devoted to the tunneling process in semiconductor quantum-well structures. The aim of this work is to review and present the current understanding in nonequilibrium quantum transport appropriate to semiconductors. Gen erally, the field of interest can be categorized as that appropriate to inhomogeneous transport in strong applied fields. These fields are most likely to be strongly varying in both space and time. Most of the literature on quantum transport in semiconductors (or in metallic systems, for that matter) is restricted to the equilibrium approach, in which spectral densities are maintained as semiclassical energy conserving delta functions, or perhaps incorporating some form of collision broadening through a Lorentzian shape, and the distribution functions are kept in the equilibrium Fermi-Dirac form. The most familiar field of nonequilibrium transport, at least for the semiconductor world, is that of hot carriers in semiconductors.

Author : Luis L. Bonilla,Stephen W. Teitsworth
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 3527628681

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Nonlinear Wave Methods for Charge Transport by Luis L. Bonilla,Stephen W. Teitsworth Pdf

The present book introduces and develops mathematical techniques for the treatment of nonlinear waves and singular perturbation methods at a level that is suitable for graduate students, researchers and faculty throughout the natural sciences and engineering. The practice of implementing these techniques and their value are largely realized by showing their application to problems of nonlinear wave phenomena in electronic transport in solid state materials, especially bulk semiconductors and semiconductor superlattices. The authors are recognized leaders in this field, with more than 30 combined years of contributions.

Author : Xiaolin Lei
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789812819024

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Balance Equation Approach to Electron Transport In Semiconductors by Xiaolin Lei Pdf

This book presents a systematic, comprehensive and up-to-date description of the physical basis of the balance equation transport theory and its applications in bulk and low-dimensional semiconductors. The different aspects of the balance equation method, originally proposed by C S Ting and the author of the present book, were reviewed in the volume entitled Physics of Hot Electron Transport in Semiconductors (edited by C S Ting, World Scientific, 1992). Since then, this method has been extensively developed and applied to various new fields, such as transport in nonparabolic systems, spatially nonuniform systems and semiconductor devices, miniband conduction of superlattices, hot-electron magnetotransport, effects of impact ionization in transport, microwave-induced magnetoresistance oscillation, radiation-driven transport and electron cooling, etc. Due to its simplicity and effectiveness, the balance equation approach has become a useful tool to tackle the many transport phenomena in semiconductors, and provides a reliable basis for developing theories, modeling devices and explaining experiments.The book may be used as a textbook by graduate students. It will also benefit researchers in the field by helping them grasp the basic principles and techniques of the method, without having to spend a lot of time digging out the information from widespread literature covering a period of 30 years.

Author : Karl W. Böer,Udo W. Pohl
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1408 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031182860

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Semiconductor Physics by Karl W. Böer,Udo W. Pohl Pdf

This handbook gives a complete and detailed survey of the field of semiconductor physics. It addresses every fundamental principle, the most important research topics and results, as well as conventional and emerging new areas of application. Additionally it provides all essential reference material on crystalline bulk, low-dimensional, and amorphous semiconductors, including valuable data on their optical, transport, and dynamic properties. This updated and extended second edition includes essential coverage of rapidly advancing areas in semiconductor physics, such as topological insulators, quantum optics, magnetic nanostructures and spintronic systems. Richly illustrated and authored by a duo of internationally acclaimed experts in solar energy and semiconductor physics, this handbook delivers in-depth treatment of the field, reflecting a combined experience spanning several decades as both researchers and educators. Offering a unique perspective on many issues, Semiconductor Physics is an invaluable reference for physicists, materials scientists and engineers throughout academia and industry.

Author : Kevin F. Brennan,P. Paul Ruden
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789812799920

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Topics in High Field Transport in Semiconductors by Kevin F. Brennan,P. Paul Ruden Pdf

This book examines some of the charge carrier transport issues encountered in the field of modern semiconductor devices and novel materials. Theoretical approaches to the understanding and modeling of the relevant physical phenomena, seen in devices that have very small spatial dimensions and that operate under high electric field strength, are described in papers written by leading experts and pioneers in this field. In addition, the book examines the transport physics encountered in novel materials such as wide band gap semiconductors (GaN, SiC, etc.) as well as organic semiconductors. Topics in High Field Transport in Semiconductors provides a comprehensive overview that will be beneficial to newcomers as well as engineers and researchers engaged in this exciting field. Contents: Foreword (K F Brennan & P P Ruden); Quantum Transport in Semiconductor Devices (D K Ferry et al.); Quantum Transport and Its Simulation with the Wigner-Function Approach (C Jacoboni et al.); Bloch Dynamics in Spatially Local Inhomogeneous Electric Fields (J P Reynolds et al.); Collision Broadening Through Sequences of Scattering Events: Theory, Consequences and Modeling Within Semiclassical Monte Carlo (L F Register & B Fisher); Transport in a Polarization-Induced 2D Electron Gas (B K Ridley & N A Zakhleniuk); Impact Ionization and High Field Effects in Wide Band Gap Semiconductors (M Reigrotzki et al.); Simulation of Carrier Transport in Wide Band Gap Semiconductors (E Bellotti et al.); Electrical Transport in Organic Semiconductors (I H Campbell & D L Smith). Readership: Researchers and graduate students in the field of semiconductors.

Author : El-Saba, Muhammad
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 677 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781522523130

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Transport of Information-Carriers in Semiconductors and Nanodevices by El-Saba, Muhammad Pdf

Rapid developments in technology have led to enhanced electronic systems and applications. When utilized correctly, these can have significant impacts on communication and computer systems. Transport of Information-Carriers in Semiconductors and Nanodevices is an innovative source of academic material on transport modelling in semiconductor material and nanoscale devices. Including a range of perspectives on relevant topics such as charge carriers, semiclassical transport theory, and organic semiconductors, this is an ideal publication for engineers, researchers, academics, professionals, and practitioners interested in emerging developments on transport equations that govern information carriers.