WIGNER-POISSON AND NONLOCAL DRIFT-DIFFUSION MODEL EQUATIONS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES

@article{Bonilla2005WIGNERPOISSONAN,
  title={WIGNER-POISSON AND NONLOCAL DRIFT-DIFFUSION MODEL EQUATIONS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES},
  author={L. Bonilla and R. Escobedo},
  journal={Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences},
  year={2005},
  volume={15},
  pages={1253-1272}
}
A Wigner–Poisson kinetic equation describing charge transport in doped semiconductor superlattices is proposed. Electrons are assumed to occupy the lowest miniband, exchange of lateral momentum is ignored and the electron–electron interaction is treated in the Hartree approximation. There are elastic collisions with impurities and inelastic collisions with phonons, imperfections, etc. The latter are described by a modified BGK (Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook) collision model that allows for energy… Expand
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