Title :
Full-band ballistic quantum transport in nanostructures using empirical pseudopotentials
Author :
Fang, Jianwu ; Vandenberghe, Wim ; Fischetti, M.V.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
Abstract :
Empirical pseudopotentials are employed to study ballistic electron transport in nanoscale open systems. The boundary conditions are treated using the complex band structure and Schrödinger equation is solved self-consistently with Poisson equation employing parallel computing technique and a sparse-matrix solver. The example of a Si NanoWire is considered.
Keywords :
Schrodinger equation; ballistic transport; band structure; elemental semiconductors; nanowires; pseudopotential methods; silicon; Poisson equation; Schrodinger equation; Si; Si nanowires; boundary conditions; complex band structure; empirical pseudopotentials; full-band ballistic quantum transport; nanoscale open system; nanostructures; parallel computing technique; sparse-matrix solver; Boundary conditions; Equations; Mathematical model; Nanoscale devices; Nanostructures; Poisson equations; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Electronics (IWCE), 2014 International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Paris
DOI :
10.1109/IWCE.2014.6865846
