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When the conductivity decreases more than linearly with increasing field, high-field domains are created which can be stationary or move through the device and cause a stationary or oscillating reduction in current. The latter, as the Gunn effect, enjoys technical application as an ac generator.
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Böer, K.W. (1992). High-Field Domains. In: Survey of Semiconductor Physics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2912-1_26
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