Accession Number:
AD0712484
Title:
IMPACT IONIZATION, BULK NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTIVITY AND OTHER NONEQUILIBRIUM CARRIER PHENOMENA IN InSb,
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BOEING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH LABS SEATTLE WASH
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Report Date:
1970-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
114.0
Abstract:
The hot electron effect, injection, impact ionization and bulk negative differential conductivity are nonequilibrium carrier phenomena that some semiconductors exhibit. In particular, all four phenomena affect conduction in InSb in a strongly interrelated manner. This work shows the interrelationship of these four nonequilibrium phenomena in InSb and describes two new effects a temporal and spatial relationship between type-N and type-S bulk negative differential conductivity BNDC in n-type InSb and the existence of an impact ionization wavefront which is reponsible for the initiation of this carrier generation mechanism in p-type InSb. These results are presented in two parts Part I contains a discussion of all these nonequilibrium carrier phenomena in n-type InSb, and Part II treats injection and impact ionization in p-type InSb. Author
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- Solid State Physics