Self-consistent simulations of mesoscopic devices operating under a finite bias

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1147-1154

  Forsberg, Erik ^a   Wesström, Jan Olof J ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Charge density distribution; Electron transport; Mesoscopic devices; Scattering states; Self consistent simulations

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBABILITY;

CHARGE DENSITY; CHARGE DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MESOSCOPIC DEVICES; SCATTERING STATES; SELF CONSISTENT SIMULATIONS;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 1842843663     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2003.12.040     Document Type: Article

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