Methods for anisotropic selection of final states in the full band ensemble Monte Carlo simulation framework

Simulation Practice and Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 6-8, 2002, Pages 321-332

  Hjelm, M ^a,b   Nilsson, H E ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carrier transport; Monte Carlo models; Quantum mechanical scattering

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BAND STRUCTURE; CARRIER MOBILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHONONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

FINAL STATE SELECTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 0037096032     PISSN: 09284869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4869(01)00047-7     Document Type: Article

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