Project: Submicron phononics 1. 1. The problematics of phonon disturbances in d.c. Semiconductor transport

The main objectives of the present project were: to develop a FORTRAN-code for distribution functions of nonequilibrium phonons to be used on heated displaced maxwellian (HDM) models of nonlinear transport in GaAs-devices, with the purpose to provide semi-quantitative calculations of nonequilibrium phonon effects on the electronic properties of small devices; to determine the magnitude of such effects on the electronic properties of small devices; to determine the magnitude of such effects; and to determine feasibility and value of a major effort to integrate highly accurate phonon-electron effects into a more precise electron-transport code.