Numerical and analytical methods to determine the current density distributions produced in human and rat models by electric and magnetic fields

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 (S1) ◽  
pp. 27-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. X. Hart

Electron space charge and tangential current density distributions in crossed electric and magnetic fields are obtained for plane systems characterized by a parabolic potential distribution with a potential minimum in front of the cathode. Complete distribution of initial electron velocities in all three directions is taken into account; both medium and low magnetic fields are considered. This work completes some earlier calculations which have already been presented (Lindsay 1965).


2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 591-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blaž Valič ◽  
Peter Gajšek ◽  
Damijan Miklavčič

Author(s):  
BUI DINH HOI ◽  
TRAN CONG PHONG

The DC electrical transport in a quantum well (QW) with parabolic confinement potential [Formula: see text] (where m and ωz are the effective mass of electron and the confinement frequency in z direction, respectively) subjected to a crossed DC electric field and magnetic field, is studied theoretically. The scattering by optical phonons is taken into account at high temperatures and strong magnetic fields. We obtained the expression for nonlinear current density (NCD) involving external (electric and magnetic) fields and characteristic parameters of QW. The dependence of NCD on the DC electric field is complicated. The analytical result is computationally evaluated and graphically plotted for a specific parabolic QW of GaAs / AlGaAs . The numerical results show the appearance of maximum peaks satisfying the condition of intersubband magnetophonon resonance (MPR) effect in the presence of a DC electric field. Especially, we show that the effect can be applied in experiment to determine some physical parameters by using magnetic field, such as the numbers of Landau levels for which electrons transfer, the effective mass, the charge of electrons or the confinement frequency characterized for PQW.


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