"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Some general observations -- 1.2. Optically excited hot carriers -- 1.3. Hot carriers in devices -- 1.4. What is in this book2. High electric field transport -- 2.1. Velocity and mobility -- 2.2. Transient transport -- 2.3. Inter-valley scattering -- 2.4. Impact ionization and breakdown -- 2.5. Micro…