Capacitance Calculations in Nanostructure Devices Via the Quantum Liouville Equation in the Coordinate Representation

Abstract

Through the use of numerical methods the quantum Liouville equation in the coordinate representation has been implemented for the study of semiconductor devices with nanoscale feature sizes. This document summarizes work performed under US Army Contract DAAL03-91-C-0035 to evaluate the significance of calculating the capacitance voltage characteristics of quantum structures via the quantum Liouville equation. All studies were to be performed with a user-friendly workstation based algorithm, copies of which have been placed at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory at Fort Monmouth. Capacitance- voltage, Quantum transport, Liouville equation, Gallium arsenide, Workstation- menu, Dissipation, Nanostructures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 1994
Accession Number
ADA281936

Entities

People

  • Harold L. Grubin
  • T. R. Govindan

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Capacitance
  • Charge Density
  • Electronics
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Electrons
  • Energy Bands
  • Equations
  • Fermi Levels
  • Liouville Equation
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Nanostructures
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Solid State Electronics
  • Solid State Physics

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  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing