Simplified model for ballistic current-voltage characteristic in cylindrical nanowires

Microelectronics Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 155-161

  Kurniawan, Oka ^a   Ng, Man Fai ^a   Koh, Wee Shing ^a   Leong, Zuan Yi ^a   Li, Erping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ballistic; Nanowires; Negf; Optoelectronic; Quantum transport; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUATIONS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL MODEL; BALLISTIC CURRENT; BALLISTIC NANOWIRES; BALLISTIC REGIME; CYLINDRICAL NANOWIRES; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; ELECTRON-PHOTON INTERACTIONS; NANO SCALE; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL PROBLEM; QUANTUM TRANSPORT SIMULATIONS; RADIAL CONFINEMENT; SATURATION CURRENT; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; UPPER LIMITS;

BALLISTICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; NANOWIRES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

ELECTRIC WIRE;

EID: 77649188071     PISSN: 00262692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mejo.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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