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Space–time dependence of quantum transitions in semiconductor crystals

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In addition to the pure energy dependence of quantum transitions, controlled by the wave function overlap, semiconductor crystals are also characterized by the space—time dependence controlled by the spatio-temporal distribution of valence electrons. This radically changes the dynamics of quantum processes, i.e., photon absorption, electron multiplication, and electrical breakdown. An analysis is performed in atomic scale.

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  1. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institue, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Politekhnicheskaya 26, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

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Original Russian Text © V.N. Ivakhno, 2015, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2015, Vol. 42, No. 10, pp. 16–20.

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Ivakhno, V.N. Space–time dependence of quantum transitions in semiconductor crystals. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 42, 291–293 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335615100036

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