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    | Low-frequency and 1/f noise have been
    investigated in wide-band semiconductors and semiconductor devices  : 
      GaN and GaN/GaAlN heterojunctions.  |  
    | Cooperation:   Univ. of Montpellier (France) * Division of Physics of
    Semiconductor Heterostructures (The Ioffe, Russia) * WBG ( Wide Band Group )
    (The Ioffe, Russia)* Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA)* CREE Res., Inc
    (USA), Univ. of South Caroline (USA). 
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    | Reviews:  |  
    | S. L. Rumyantsev, M. S. Shur, M. 
	E. Levinshtein, "MATERIALS PROPERTIES OF NITRIDES. SUMMARY"  in "GaN-based 
	materials and devices, Selected topics in electronics and systems"  v.33, 
	eds. M.S.Shur and R.F. Devis, World Scientific, 2004, ISBN 
	981-238-844-3. 
 S. L. Rumyantsev, N. Pala,  M. S. Shur, 
	M.E. Levinshtein, R. Gaska, M. Asif Khan and G. Simin, 
	"Generation-Recombination Noise in GaN-based Devices", in: "GaN-based 
	materials and devices, Selected topics in electronics and systems" - v.33, 
	eds. M.S.Shur and R.F. Devis, 
	
	World Scientific, 2004, ISBN 981-238-844-3.
 
 M. E. Levinshtein, S. L. Rumyantsev, M. S. Shur, R. Gaska, and M. Asif Khan, "Low frequency and 1/f noise in wide gap semiconductors: Silicon Carbide and Gallium Nitride” 
IEE Proceedings Circuits, Devices and Systems (Special Issue "Selected Topics on noise in semiconductor devices).v.149, no 1, pp.32-39 (2002)
 
 Levinshtein M.E.
    "Nature of the 1/f noise in the main materials of semiconductor electronics: Si, GaAs, and SiC". Physica Scripta, v. 69, no 1, pp. 79-84 (1997)
 
 Dyakonova N.V., M.E.Levinshtein, S.L.Rumyantsev,
    "Nature of the Bulk 1/f Noise in GaAs and Si" .
 Sov. Phys. Semicond., v.25, no 12, pp.1241-1265 (1991)
 
 
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    | Main publications (from 
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P Dmitriev, M E Levinshtein, E N Kolesnikova, J W Palmour, M K Das, and B A Hull 
"A model of the 1/f noise in a forward-biased p-n diode"
Sem. 
Sci. Techn. v. 23, N1, 015011 (2008)
M. E. 
Levinshtein, S. L. Rumyantsev, R. Tauk, S. Boubanga, N. Dyakonova, W. Knap, A. 
Shchepetov, S. Bollaert, Y. Rollens, and M. S. Shur "Low frequency noise in 
InAlAs/InGaAs modulation doped field effect transistors with 50-nm gate length"
J. Appl. Phys. 102, 064506 (2007)
S. 
L. Rumyantsev, A. P. Dmitriev, M. E. Levinshtein, D. Veksler, M. S. Shur, J. W. 
Palmour, M. K. Das, and B. A. Hull "Generation-recombination noise in 
forward-biased 4H-SiC p-n diode" 
 J. 
Appl. Phys. 100, 064505 (2006)
S. 
L. Rumyantsev, M. E. Levinshtein, S. A. Gurevich, V. M. Kozhevin, D. A. Yavsin, 
M. S. Shur, N. Pala and A. Khanna "Low-frequency noise in monodispersed 
platinum nanostructures near the percolation threshold"
Physics of the Solid State 48, no 11, pp 
2194-2198 (2006)
A. P. Dmitriev, M. E. Levinshtein, S. L. Rumyantsev, and M. S. Shur, “Tunneling mechanism of the 1/f noise in GaN/AlGaN heterojunction field-effect transistors”, 
Appl. Phys. 97, 123706 (2005) 
S. L. Rumyantsev, N. Pala, M. S. Shur, M.E. Levinshtein, R. Gaska,M. Asif Khan and G. Simin, "Generation-Recombination Noise in GaN-based Devices",
Intern. Journ. High Speed Electron. and System., v. 14, 
No.1, pp. 175-195 (2004).
P. 
S. Kop'ev, S. L. Rumyantsev, N. Pala, and M. S. Shur "Low-Frequency Noise in 
Gallium Nitride Epitaxial Layers with Different Degrees of Order of Mosaic 
Structure" Semiconductors, v. 38 (9), pp. 998-1000 (2004)
T. 
T. Mnatsakanov, M. E. Levinshtein, L. I. Pomortseva, S .N. Yurkov, G. Simin, and 
M. Asif Khan “ Carrier mobility model for GaN” Solid-State Electronics 
vol. 47 (1), pp. 111 –115 (2003)
S. L. Rumyantsev, Y. Deng, M. S. Shur, 
M. E. Levinshtein, M. Asif Khan, G. Simin, J. Yang, X. Hu and R. Gaska "On 
the Low Frequency Noise Mechanisms in GaN/AlGaN HFETs" 
Semicond. Sci. Technol. v. 18 No 6, 589-593 (2003)
 M. 
E. Levinshtein, P A Ivanov, M Asif Khan, G Simin, J Zhang, X Hu, and J Yang
 "Mobility 
Enhancement in AlGaN/GaN Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Heterostructure Field Effect 
TransistorsSemicond. Sci. Technol. v. 18 No 7, 666-669 (2003)
 
P. A. Ivanov and M. E. Levinshtein 
“On the Causes of Low-Frequency 
Hysteresis and Current Dispersion in AlGaN/GaN HFETs” 
Technical Phys. Letters
v. 29, (8),  pp. 646-648 (2003)
S. L. Rumyantsev, N. Pala, M. S. Shur, 
M. E. Levinshtein, M. Asif Khan, G.Simin, J. Yang, “Low frequency noise in 
GaN/AlGaN heterostructure field effect transistors in non-ohmic region”, 
Journal of Applied Physics, v 93, N12, pp. 10030-10034 (2003)
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