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More than 30 years ago in connection with the theory of dielectric breakdown FRöHLICH [1] investigated the conditions necessary for maintaining a steady state of electrons in a strong electric field. He found that beyond a certain critical value of the field these conditions could not be satisfied. Interest in the behaviour of electrons in fields below the critical field came later with discovery of transistors. Clearly his ideas are applicable in this region also.
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Paranjape, B.V. (1973). Some Steady State Effects Associated with Electric Currents in Semiconductors. In: Haken, H., Wagner, M. (eds) Cooperative Phenomena. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86003-4_4
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