Quantum Monte Carlo simulation of resonant tunneling diodes based on the Wigner distribution function formalism

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 3539-3541

  Garcia Garcia J ^a   Martin F ^a   Oriols, X ^a   Sune J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUANTUM THEORY;

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; RESONANT TUNNELING DIODES; WIGNER DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION;

TUNNEL DIODES;

EID: 0032517708     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.122800     Document Type: Article

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