Interaction between layers by electron-electron scattering

The "molecular dynamics" method combined with Ensemble Monte Carlo, which has previously been used to investigate the effects of electron-electron Coulomb forces in a homogenous state, is applied to a simulation of the effect of mutual Coulomb scattering of the electrons in two parallel semiconductor layers separated by a thin dielectric layer. A significant rate of transfer of the Joule energy, from one layer driven by an applied field into a hot electron state to the other passive layer, is found. © 1988.