The feasibility of computer simulation of electronic relaxation at a semiconductor-vacuum interface under a strong electric field is demonstrated. A kinetic description of conduction band electrons in a space-charge region layer with a self-consistent electric field under electron-impurity and electron-phonon scattering is developed by the particle method and Monte Carlo procedure. Results for the transient electronic process in a semiconductor field emitter are given.

Original languageEnglish
Article number019
Pages (from-to)1545-1554
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Volume4
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1992

    Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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