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Luca Varani

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Monte Carlo simulation of high‐order harmonics generation in bulk semiconductors and submicron structures

2004

To qualify the feasibility of standard semiconductor materials and Schottky‐barrier diodes (SBDs) for THz high‐order harmonic generation and extraction, the harmonic intensity, intrinsic noise and signal‐to‐noise ratio are calculated by the Monte Carlo method when a periodic high‐frequency large‐amplitude external signal is applied to a semiconductor device. Due to very high signal‐to‐noise ratio heavily doped GaAs SBDs are found to exhibit conditions for frequency mixing and harmonic extraction that are definitively superior to those of bulk materials. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

EFFICIENCYDEVICESMaterials scienceINPMonte Carlo methodAnalytical chemistry02 engineering and technologySCHOTTKY-BARRIER DIODES01 natural sciencesNoise (electronics)NOISECondensed Matter::Materials Science0103 physical sciencesHigh harmonic generationTHZSILICONELECTRON-TRANSPORTDiode010302 applied physicsbusiness.industryGAASDopingSemiconductor device021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology[SPI.TRON]Engineering Sciences [physics]/ElectronicsHarmonicsHarmonicRADIATIONOptoelectronics0210 nano-technologybusinessphysica status solidi (c)
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Hydrodynamic Modeling of Transport and Noise Phenomena in Bipolar Two-Terminal Silicon Structures

1998

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010302 applied physicsNoise temperatureMaterials scienceSiliconMechanical EngineeringShot noisechemistry.chemical_element02 engineering and technology021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyCondensed Matter Physics01 natural sciences[SPI.TRON]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Electronics[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-COMP-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Computational Physics [physics.comp-ph]NoisechemistryTerminal (electronics)Mechanics of Materials0103 physical sciencesElectronic engineeringGeneral Materials Science[PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]0210 nano-technologyComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSMaterials Science Forum
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