6. Electric Field Domains in Bulk Semiconductors I: the Gunn Effect

  1. Luis L. Bonilla1,
  2. Stephen W. Teitsworth2

Published Online: 20 SEP 2010

DOI: 10.1002/9783527628674.ch6

Book Title

Nonlinear Wave Methods for Charge Transport

Nonlinear Wave Methods for Charge Transport

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How to Cite

Bonilla, L. L. and Teitsworth, S. W. (2010) Electric Field Domains in Bulk Semiconductors I: the Gunn Effect, in Nonlinear Wave Methods for Charge Transport, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany. doi: 10.1002/9783527628674.ch6

Author Information

  1. 1

    Gregorio Millan, Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Nanoscience and Industrial Mathematics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganes, Spain

  2. 2

    Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 20 SEP 2010
  2. Published Print: 13 JAN 2010

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9783527406951

Online ISBN: 9783527628674

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Keywords:

  • Kroemer's Model;
  • Intervalley transfer;
  • Current bias;
  • Voltage bias;
  • Dipole waves;
  • Gunn oscillations;
  • Gunn effect;
  • Amplitude equation

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • N-shaped Current-Field Characteristics and Kroemer's Model

  • Stationary Solutions and Their Linear Stability in the Limit L » 1

  • Onset of the Gunn Effect

  • Asymptotics of the Gunn Effect for Long Samples and N-shaped Electron Velocity

  • Asymptotics of the Gunn Effect for Long Samples and Saturating Electron Velocity

  • References on the 1D Gunn Effect and Closing Remarks

  • References

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