Transport Simulation in Spatially Modulated Low Dimensionality Systems.

Abstract

The research effort addresses several issues related to nonlinear transport In quantum wire systems characterized by spatially nonuniform confinement. We have successively investigated quantum transport through a variety of quantum cavities by using a Recursive Green Function Technique with emphasis on the effect of disorder on the conductance of the structure, one-dimensional transport in coupled quantum boxes structures with emphasis on the effect of suppression of optic phonon scattering on the transport properties, and finally the detailed influence of confined optic phonon modes on the scattering processes in quantum wires.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 16, 1994
Accession Number
ADA290486

Entities

People

  • J. P. Leburton

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Carrier Mobility
  • Crystal Lattice Vibrations
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electric Fields
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Heterojunctions
  • Mobility
  • Quantum Wells
  • Quantum Wires
  • Scattering
  • Semiconductors
  • Simulations
  • Transport Properties
  • Transport Ships

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing