MULTIDIMENSIONAL SPHERICAL-HARMONICS EXPANSION OF BOLTZMANN-EQUATION FOR TRANSPORT IN SEMICONDUCTORS

被引:61
作者
VENTURA, D
GNUDI, A
BACCARANI, G
ODEH, F
机构
[1] UNIV BOLOGNA,DEPT ELECTR,I-40136 BOLOGNA,ITALY
[2] IBM CORP,THOMAS J WATSON RES CTR,YORKTOWN HTS,NY 10598
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D O I
10.1016/0893-9659(92)90046-C
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
A spherical harmonics expansion method of the Boltzmann Transport Equation (BTE) in the three-dimensional space is proposed. The method is quite general in terms of scattering matrix and band structure. We show a numerical application to a two-dimensional p-n junction.
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页数:6
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