Current-density relations for nonisothermal modeling of degenerate heterostructure devices
- 15 January 1994
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 75 (2) , 958-966
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.356451
Abstract
The electron and hole current-density relations, valid to first order in the deviation from thermal equilibrium, are derived under general conditions. These conditions are: position-dependent band structure, Fermi-Dirac statistics, several nonequivalent conduction-band minima, spin-orbit splitted valence bands, band nonparabolicity, and nonconstant temperature. Electrical boundary conditions at ohmic contacts are also derived and the effects of nonisothermal conditions on these boundary conditions are specified.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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