Electron transport in InP under high electric field conditions
T Gonzalez Sanchez; J E Velazquez Perez; P M Gutierrez Conde; D Pardo Collantes; T Gonzalez Sanchez; Dept. de Fisica Aplicada, Univ. de Salamanca, Spain; J E Velazquez Perez; Dept. de Fisica Aplicada, Univ. de Salamanca, Spain; P M Gutierrez Conde; Dept. de Fisica Aplicada, Univ. de Salamanca, Spain; D Pardo Collantes; Dept. de Fisica Aplicada, Univ. de Salamanca, Spain
Журнал:
Semiconductor Science and Technology
Дата:
1992-01-01
Аннотация:
In view of the importance of InP as a new material that is especially appropriate for very high frequency applications, a Monte Carlo method has been applied to analyse its electron transport properties at very high electric fields, using a five-valley model for the conduction band. Two of these valleys (X<sub>7</sub>, Gamma <sub>7</sub>*) have not been used in previous simulations. The model is shown to be valid too for low fields. The high field results point to the great importance of the X<sub>7</sub> valley (higher than in GaAs), determinant in all transport phenomena.
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