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Here, the classical theory of a kinetic gas is applied to the electron and hole ensembles in semiconductors with two quantum mechanical extensions. The particle kinetics are based on a position-dependent band structure calculated with the nonlocal empirical pseudopotential method [2.1–2.3] and scattering rates determined by Fermi’s Golden Rule [2.4, 2.5]. In this theoretical framework the particle motion consists of a series of scattering events and accelerations by external forces, which is described by the semiclassical Boltzmann transport equation (BTE) [2.4–2.10].
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Jungemann, C., Meinerzhagen, B. (2003). Semiclassical Transport Theory. In: Hierarchical Device Simulation. Computational Microelectronics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6086-2_2
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