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Amplification of nonlinear currents generation at harmonics frequencies of submillimeter radiation

Michelangelo ZarconeS. A. UryupinGaetano Ferrante

subject

PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Terahertz radiationeducationElectronhumanitiesDegenerate semiconductorNonlinear systemDistribution functionElectric fieldHarmonicsAtomic physicsInstrumentationFermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

description

The conditions are found when rapid heating of the electrons of a degenerate semiconductor in the presence of two electric fields, one constant and the other variable, is accompanied by the formation of a distribution function significantly departing from the Fermi one. It is also shown that the newly found modification of the electron distribution yields a relative amplification of nonlinear currents generation.

https://doi.org/10.1002/lapl.200610034