electric field—characterized by a diminishing velocity (Persano-Adorno et al.
2015a). This result astonished students, who almost certainly expected to find the
well-known ohmic behavior. The professors stimulated the learners to questioning
about this phenomenon, with the purpose to identify the physical explanation of the
observed reduction of the electron drift velocity.
Fig. 16.1 Electron mean drift velocity (a), mean kinetic energy (b), and occupation number (c) as a
function of the driving electric field amplitude, obtained by MC simulations of electron transport in
InP with impurity density n ¼ 10
13 cm
À3
, at lattice temperatures T ¼ 77 K (triangles) and 300 K
(squares), respectively. Panel (c): Blue—Γ valley; Red—L valleys; Green—X valleys. (Figure from
Persano-Adorno et al. 2015a)
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2015a). This result astonished students, who almost certainly expected to find the
well-known ohmic behavior. The professors stimulated the learners to questioning
about this phenomenon, with the purpose to identify the physical explanation of the
observed reduction of the electron drift velocity.
Fig. 16.1 Electron mean drift velocity (a), mean kinetic energy (b), and occupation number (c) as a
function of the driving electric field amplitude, obtained by MC simulations of electron transport in
InP with impurity density n ¼ 10
13 cm
À3
, at lattice temperatures T ¼ 77 K (triangles) and 300 K
(squares), respectively. Panel (c): Blue—Γ valley; Red—L valleys; Green—X valleys. (Figure from
Persano-Adorno et al. 2015a)
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D. Persano-Adorno