The book chapter reviews some of the main models aimed at describing electron transport in optoelectronic semiconductor devices. In the first section the hydrodynamic, energy-balance and drift-diffusion models are derived from the Boltzmann transport equation. Then, the second section is focused on quantum transport, and, after reviewing the semiconductor Bloch equations, introduces the nonequilibrium Green's function formalism.

Electron Transport

Francesco Bertazzi;Michele Goano;Alberto Tibaldi;Pierluigi Debernardi;
2017

Abstract

The book chapter reviews some of the main models aimed at describing electron transport in optoelectronic semiconductor devices. In the first section the hydrodynamic, energy-balance and drift-diffusion models are derived from the Boltzmann transport equation. Then, the second section is focused on quantum transport, and, after reviewing the semiconductor Bloch equations, introduces the nonequilibrium Green's function formalism.
2017
Istituto di Elettronica e di Ingegneria dell'Informazione e delle Telecomunicazioni - IEIIT
978-1-4987-4946-6
electron transport
drift diffusion
semiconductors
optoelectronics
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