Numerical spurious solutions in the effective mass approximation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3974-3981

  Cartoixa X ^a   Ting, D Z Y ^b   McGill, T C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESONANT TUNNELING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

SPURIOUS SOLUTIONS (SS);

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 0345382577     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1555833     Document Type: Article

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