Self-consistent simulation of quantum shot noise in nanoscale electron devices

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3596-3598

  Oriols, X ^a   Trois, A ^b   Blouin, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DIEE   (Italy)

^c ESEO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COULOMB BLOCKADE; CURRENT DENSITY; HAMILTONIANS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POISSON EQUATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTUM THEORY; RESONANT TUNNELING; SHOT NOISE;

COULOMB INTERACTION; DE BROGLIE-BOHM (DBB) INTERPRETETION; ELECTRON TRAJECTORIES; QUANTIZATION;

ELECTRON DEVICES;

EID: 9744228669     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1806546     Document Type: Article

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