Exact surface solutions for semiconductors: The Dember effect and partial currents Academic Article

abstract

• Exact solution of the correct linearized equations for steady-state transport in semiconductors yields two modes that vary exponentially in space. One involves screening (without entropy production) and one involves diffusion and recombination (with entropy production), neither being quasineutral. They are applied to surface photoexcitation (the Dember effect) and to the adjustment of partial electron and hole currents from surface to bulk. Other transport situations are briefly discussed. 2002 The American Physical Society.

authors

• Saslow, Wayne

published proceedings

• PHYSICAL REVIEW B

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Krcmar, M., & Saslow, W. M.

citation count

• 33

complete list of authors

• Krcmar, M||Saslow, WM

publication date

• June 2002

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics  Journal

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5103 Classical Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.233313

start page

• 233313

end page

• 4

volume

• 65

issue

• 23

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.65.233313