Current-controlled nonequilibrium processes in semiconductors
- 15 July 1984
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 56 (2) , 357-361
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.333972
Abstract
The paper gives a unified overview of the four nonequilibrium processes (injection, exclusion, extraction, accumulation) which occur when current is passed through a semiconductor boundary. Concentration and field contours are provided for the situations which occur in semiconductors, as well as local resistivity versus current relationships for both directions of current flow.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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