3D quantum transport solver based on the perfectly matched layer and spectral element methods for the simulation of semiconductor nanodevices

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 455-471

  Cheng, Candong ^a   Lee, Joon Ho ^a   Lim, Kim Hwa ^a   Massoud, Hisham Z ^a   Liu, Qing Huo ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanodevice simulation; Open boundary condition; Perfectly matched layer (PML); Quantum transport; Schr dinger equation; Spectral element method (SEM); Tensor effective mass

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; NUMERICAL METHODS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; WAVE FUNCTIONS; YARN;

EFFECTIVE MASS; NANO-DEVICES; NANODEVICE SIMULATION; OPEN BOUNDARY CONDITION; PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYER; QUANTUM TRANSPORT; SCHRÖDINGE EQUATION; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD; TENSOR EFFECTIVE MASS;

TENSORS;

EID: 35348838440     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2007.07.028     Document Type: Article

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