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Zener Breakdown

Zener Breakdown is a quantum mechanical phenomenon in semiconductor physics wherein a strong electric field across a heavily doped p-n junction induces tunneling of electrons from the valence band of the p-region to the conduction band of the n-region, resulting in a sudden increase in reverse current at a well-defined breakdown voltage.

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Zener Effect

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First-Principles Approach to Insulators in Finite Electric Fields

Ivo Souza, Jorge Íñiguez, David Vanderbilt · Physical Review Letters · 2002 · 493 citations · Full text

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Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Thin Film Zener Diodes from Conducting Polymers and CdSe Nanoparticles

Thierry Cassagneau, Thomas E. Mallouk, János H. Fendler · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1998 · 276 citations

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Metal Precipitates in Silicon <i>p-n</i> Junctions

A. Goetzberger, W. Shockley · Journal of Applied Physics · 1960 · 271 citations

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Visual Observation of Zener Tunneling

Henrike Trompeter, Thomas Pertsch, F. Lederer et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2006 · 235 citations

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Ground-State Decay Rate for the Zener Breakdown in Band and Mott Insulators

Takashi Oka, Hideo Aoki · Physical Review Letters · 2005 · 170 citations · Full text

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    B. S. Berry

    IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center, United States

    3 publications · 86 citations

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    Zhongmin Xiao

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    3 publications · 62 citations

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  3. JO
    J. Orehotsky

    Brookhaven National Laboratory, United States

    2 publications · 71 citations

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  4. GH
    Gregory H. Wannier

    University of Oregon, United States

    2 publications · 71 citations

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  5. SG
    S. Glutsch

    Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

    2 publications · 104 citations

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Institutions

107

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    338 citations

  2. Nanyang Technological University

    Singapore, Singapore

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    115 citations

  3. Friedrich Schiller University Jena

    Jena, Germany

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. IBM (United States)

    Armonk, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    187 citations

  5. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    78 citations

  6. IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center

    Yorktown Heights, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    142 citations

  7. Institut Pprime

    Poitiers, France

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    90 citations

  8. Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati

    Trieste, Italy

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    424 citations

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  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 7 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. Acta Metallurgica

    6 publications · 193 citations

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  3. Physical Review B

    PRB · 5 publications · 227 citations

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  4. Journal of Applied Physics

    3 publications · 337 citations

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  5. Semiconductor Science and Technology

    2 publications · 40 citations

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