An efficient 3-D spectral-element method for schrödinger equation in nanodevice simulation

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1848-1858

  Lee, Joon Ho ^b   Liu, Qing Huo ^a,b,c,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ^*  (United States)

^d US National Committee of URSI Commissions B and F   (United States)

Author keywords

Galerkin's method; Gauss Lobatto Legendre (GLL) interpolation; Nanodevices; Quantum dot; Schr dinger equation; Spectral element method (SEM)

Indexed keywords

GAUSS-LOBATTO-LEGENDRE (GLL) INTERPOLATION; NANODEVICES; SHRÖDINGER EQUATION; SPECTRAL-ELEMENT METHOD (SEM);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GALERKIN METHODS; INTERPOLATION; POLYNOMIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 29144451864     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.2005.852675     Document Type: Conference Paper

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