Study ofNoise in Semiconductor Filaments
- 1 July 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 103 (1), 72-82
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.103.72
Abstract
A theory is devised for the generation of noise in semiconductor filaments, involving the diffusion of impurity atoms along the surface of the sample and along edge dislocations within the bulk. A set of six experiments is described which tends to corroborate this theory.
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