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Classification of current instabilities during low-temperature breakdown in germanium

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We present experimental investigations on the spatio-temporal nonlinear current flow in the post-breakdown regime of p-germanium at liquid-helium temperatures. The basic nonlinear effects are characterized in terms of the underlying semiconductor physics, taking into account the influence of different experimental parameters.

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  1. Physikalisches Institut, Lehrstuhl Experimentalphysik II, Universität, D-7400, Tübingen, Germany

    J. Peinke, J. Parisi, B. Röhricht, K. M. Mayer, U. Rau, W. Clauß & R. P. Huebener

  2. Institut für Physik III, Lehrstuhl Angewandte Physik, Universität, D-8400, Regensburg, Germany

    G. Jungwirt & W. Prettl

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Peinke, J., Parisi, J., Röhricht, B. et al. Classification of current instabilities during low-temperature breakdown in germanium. Appl. Phys. A 48, 155–160 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01141278

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