Electronics Letters · 1970 · 16 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsElectronic MaterialsSemiconductor MaterialsCarrier TransportCharge Carrier TransportElectron TransportElectronic Band StructureSemiconductor PhysicsWide-bandgap SemiconductorsCharge DynamicsConduction BandCurrent-driven InstabilitiesElectron TransferElectron Transport In SemiconductorsElectron Transport In SolidsTransport In Semiconductors
Experimental investigations of current instabilities in samples of bulk n type InP show an inherent domain-suppression mechanism in agreement with theoretical predictions of electron transfer between three sets of conduction-band valleys.