A new 3-D transmission line matrix scheme for the combined schrödinger-maxwell problem in the electronic/electromagnetic characterization of nanodevices

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 654-661

  Pierantoni, Luca ^a,b   Mencarelli, Davide ^b   Rozzi, Tullio ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube (CNT); Electromagnetic (EM) theory; Schr dinger equation; Transmission line matrix (TLM)

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHRODINGER EQUATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) THEORY; NANODEVICES; TRANSMISSION LINE MATRIX (TLM);

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 40549092017     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.916883     Document Type: Article

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