Simulation of multi-band quantum transport reflecting realistic band structure

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E83-C, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1235-1240

  Ogawa, Matsuto ^a   Suganqt, Takashi ^a   Tominaga, Ryuichiro ^a   Miyoshi, Tanroku ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complex band structure; Green's functions; Mode matching; Resonant tunneling diode; Tight binding method

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; BINDING ENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TUNNEL DIODES;

MODE MATCHING; MULTIBAND QUANTUM TRANSPORT; RESONANT TUNNELING DIODES; TIGHT BINDING METHOD;

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

EID: 0034247036     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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