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Quantum Potential Approaches for Nano-scale Device Simulation
With the progress of integrated technology, the feature size of experimental electron
devices have already been scaled down deeply into the sub–0.1 μm region. For such
ultra-small devices, it is increasingly important to take quantum mechanical effects into
account for device simulation. In this paper, we present a new approach for quantum
modeling, applicable to multi-dimensional ultra-small device simulation. In this work,
the quantum effects are represented in terms of quantum mechanically corrected
potential in the classical Boltzmann equation. We apply the Monte Carlo method to
solve the quantum transport equation, and demonstrate that the quantum effects such
as tunneling and quantum confinement effects can be incorporated in the standard
Monte Carlo techniques