TY - JOUR
T1 - A Wigner function-based quantum ensemble Monte Carlo study of a resonant tunneling diode
AU - Shifren, L.
AU - Ringhofer, Christian
AU - Ferry, D. K.
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received July 8, 2002; revised October 31, 2002. This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research. The review of this paper was arranged by Editor S. Datta. L. Shifren and D. K. Ferry are with the Center for Solid State Electronics Research, Department of Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA (e-mail: ferry@asu.edu). C. Ringhofer is with the Department of Mathematics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TED.2003.809434
PY - 2003/3
Y1 - 2003/3
N2 - We present results of resonant tunneling diode operation achieved from a particle-based quantum ensemble Monte Carlo (EMC) simulation that is based on the Wigner distribution function (WDF). Methods of including the Wigner potential into the EMC, to incorporate natural quantum phenomena, via a particle property we call the affinity are discussed. Dissipation is included via normal Monte Carlo procedures and the solution is coupled to a Poisson solver to achieve fully selfconsistent results.
AB - We present results of resonant tunneling diode operation achieved from a particle-based quantum ensemble Monte Carlo (EMC) simulation that is based on the Wigner distribution function (WDF). Methods of including the Wigner potential into the EMC, to incorporate natural quantum phenomena, via a particle property we call the affinity are discussed. Dissipation is included via normal Monte Carlo procedures and the solution is coupled to a Poisson solver to achieve fully selfconsistent results.
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U2 - 10.1109/TED.2003.809434
DO - 10.1109/TED.2003.809434
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037560886
SN - 0018-9383
VL - 50
SP - 769
EP - 773
JO - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
JF - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
IS - 3
ER -