Current-voltage characteristic during extrinsic breakdown in the semimagnetic semiconductor p-MnxHg1-xTe
Belyaev A. E., Komirenko S. M., Semenov Yu. G., Shevchenko N. V.
A mechanism is proposed for the occurrence of the S-shaped current-voltage characteristic which has been observed inp~Mnx Hgj _ x Те. The mechanism involves the development of a nonequilibrium carrier distribution in an impurity band during impact ionization.