Injection Efficiency in Hot-Electron Devices Based on Monte Carlo Simulation

Zixiang Jiang; Tingting Liu; Qingxin Sun; Cheng Zhang; Tong Yu; Xiaofeng Li

doi:10.3788/LOP202158.0504001

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