Diffusion approximation of a scattering matrix model of a semiconductor superlattice

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 279-298

  Degond, Pierre ^a   Zhang, Kaijun ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion approximation; Drift diffusion; Energy transport; Scattering matrix model; Spherical harmonics expansion; Superlattices; Transmission resonance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROSTATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POISSON EQUATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES;

DIFFUSION APPROXIMATION; DIFFUSION EQUATION; DRIFT DIFFUSION; ENERGY TRANSPORT; SCATTERING MATRIX MODEL; SPHERICAL HARMONICS EXPANSION; TRANSMISSION RESONANCE;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 0036706396     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139999360015     Document Type: Article

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