Influence of discrete dopant on quantum transport in silicon nanowire transistors

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 70, Issue , 2012, Pages 92-100

  Akhavan, Nima Dehdashti ^a   Ferain, Isabelle ^a   Yu, Ran ^a   Razavi, Pedram ^a   Colinge, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Discrete doping atom; Electron phonon interaction; Multigate nanowire transistor; Non equilibrium Green's function (NEGF); Quantum transport; Random dopant fluctuations

Indexed keywords

DOPING ATOMS; MULTIGATE NANOWIRE TRANSISTOR; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; QUANTUM TRANSPORT; RANDOM DOPANT FLUCTUATION;

ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84858069152     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2011.11.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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