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Space-charge solitary waves and double layers in n-type compensated semiconductor quantum plasma

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Using quantum hydrodynamic (QHD) model and standard reductive perturbation method, we have investigated the formation and characteristics of space-charge solitary waves and double layers in n-type compensated drifting semiconductor plasma with varying doping profiles. Through numerical analysis, it is shown that the structures of space-charge solitary waves and double layers depend significantly on electron drift and compensation parameter which measures a comparative proportion of the donor, acceptor and intrinsic ion concentrations.

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  1. Department of Electronics, Vidyasagar College, Kolkata, 700 006, India

    S Banerjee

  2. Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700 032, India

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Banerjee, S., Ghosh, B. Space-charge solitary waves and double layers in n-type compensated semiconductor quantum plasma. Pramana - J Phys 90, 42 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-018-1531-3

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