A fast monte-carlo solver for phonon transport in nanostructured semiconductors

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-129

  Huang, Mei Jiau ^a   Tsai, Tung Chun ^a   Liu, Liang Chun ^a   Jeng, Ming Shan ^b   Yang, Chang Chung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gray medium approximation; Monte Carlo simulator; Nanostructures; Phonon transport

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; GEOMETRIC SYMMETRY; GRAY MEDIUM; GRAY MEDIUM APPROXIMATION; IN-PLANE; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATORS; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATOR; NANOSTRUCTURED SEMICONDUCTOR; PHONON TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL MODEL; SI/GE SUPERLATTICES; TRANSIENT CONDUCTION;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SIMULATORS; SUPERLATTICES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

PHONONS;

EID: 67649777133     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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