Abstract
A large electric field version of Ohm's law is presented for non-polar semiconductors including a carrier-carrier scattering time τ*. Both the drift momentum 〈k〉 and average carrier energy 〈E〉 decrease with τ*, but only slightly. Nothing that for carrier-carrier scattering as fast as carrier-phonon scattering, the spherical part of the distribution function is well approximated by a Gaussian at all fields, we obtain an expression for 〈k〉 and 〈E〉 in good agreement with the exact numerical results over the entire range of electric fields.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 185-189 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Solid State Communications |
Volume | 70 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1989 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Chemistry(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Materials Chemistry