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Theory of Tunneling

E. O. KaneSemiconductor Materials Department, Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, California
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ABI

Abstract

The theory of ``direct'' and ``phonon-assisted'' tunneling is reviewed. Theoretical I–V characteristics are calculated using the constant field model. Generalizations to nonconstant field and more complicated band structure models are discussed briefly.

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