• DocumentCode
    3449284
  • Title

    Simulation of Dissipative Single-Electron Dynamics in Coupled Quantum Wells

  • Author

    Batistuta, M.V. ; Stella, M.F. ; Biagi, H. ; Costa, J. C da

  • Author_Institution
    Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica, Universidade de Brasília, CP 4386, Brasília, DF 70904-970, Brazil
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    10-13 Jan. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    A one-dimensional model is developed and numerical simulation results are presented for single-electron tunnelling non-linear dynamics in a pair of coupled quantum dots, with ohmic energy dissipation. The analysis of a simple mesoscopic cell structure with two coupled quantum dots, possessing bi-stability with only one excess electron, is also presented in order to evaluate its application in implementing fast cellular automata.
  • Keywords
    Coupling circuits; Damping; Electrons; Energy dissipation; Numerical simulation; Proposals; Quantum cellular automata; Quantum dots; Schrodinger equation; Tunneling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Emerging Technologies - Nanoelectronics, 2006 IEEE Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9357-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NANOEL.2006.1609679
  • Filename
    1609679