Pseudospectral method based on prolate spheroidal wave functions for semiconductor nanodevice simulation

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 78-85

  Lin, Wenbin ^a   Kovvali, Narayan ^a   Carin, Lawrence ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chebyshev and Legendre polynomials; Prolate spheroidal wave functions; Pseudospectral method; Quantum well; Schr dinger's equation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CHEBYSHEV AND LEGENDRE POLYNOMIALS; PROLATE SPHEROIDAL WAVE FUNCTIONS; PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHOD; SCHRÖDINGER'S EQUATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 33745202017     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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