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Current Instabilities in Semiconductors: Mechanisms and Self-organized Structures

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Nonlinear Dynamics in Solids

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An introduction to the theoretical description of current instabilities in semiconductors is given. Various physical mechanisms are surveyed, and the self-organized formation of spatio-temporal structures, in particular breathing current filaments, is discussed.

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Schöll, E. (1992). Current Instabilities in Semiconductors: Mechanisms and Self-organized Structures. In: Thomas, H. (eds) Nonlinear Dynamics in Solids. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95650-8_3

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