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The fast development in the field of submicron devices has provided a renewed interest in the theory of electron transport beyond the free-particle approach based on the semi-classical (SC) Boltzmann equation. Indeed, quantum theory has indicated that a proper treatment of high-field transport in semiconductors should include the intra-collisional field effect (ICFE) as well as collisional broadening (CB) (for a review see Reggiani, 1985).
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Reggiani, L., Poli, P., Rota, L. (1991). Monte Carlo Algorithms for Quantum Transport. In: Ferry, D.K., Barker, J.R., Jacoboni, C. (eds) Granular Nanoelectronics. NATO ASI Series, vol 251. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3689-9_10
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