358 research outputs found
On a Method of Treating Polar-Optical Phonons in Real Space
Polar-optical phonon interactions with carriers in semiconductors are long
range interactions due to their Coulombic nature. Generally, if one wants to
treat these with non-equilibrium Green's functions, this long-range interaction
requires two- and three-particle Green's functions to be evaluated by e.g. the
Bethe-Salpeter equation. On the other hand, optical phonon scattering is
thought to be phase-breaking, which, if true, would eliminate this concern over
long-range interactions. In seeking to determine just to what extent phase
breaking is important, one could treat the polar modes as a real space
potential, as is done for impurities, and examine the occurrence of any such
correlations. This latter approach suffers from the condition that it is not
really known how to handle the polar modes in real space -- no one seems to
have done it. Here, such an approach is described as one possible method.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figur
Using Ensemble Monte Carlo Methods to Evaluate Non-Equilibrium Green's Functions
The use of ensemble Monte Carlo (EMC) methods for the simulation of transport
in semiconductor devices has become extensive over the past few decades. This
method allows for simulation utilizing particles while addressing the full
physics within the device, leaving the computational difficulties to the
computer. More recently, the study of quantum mechanical effects within the
devices, effects which also strongly affect the carrier transport itself, have
become important. While particles have continued to be useful in quantum
simulations using Wigner functions, interest in analytical solutions based upon
the non-equilibrium Green's functions (NEGF) have become of greater interest in
device simulation. While NEGF has been adopted by many commercial
semiconductor, there remains considerable computational difficulty in this
approach. Here, a particle approach to NEGF is discussed, and preliminary
results presented illustrating the computational efficiency that remains with
the use of particles. This approach adopts the natural basis functions for use
in a high electric field and the preliminary results are obtained for quantum
transport in Si at 300 K. This approach appears to offer significant advantages
for the use of NEGF.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figure
Using Ensemble Monte Carlo Methods to Evaluate Non-Equilibrium Green's Functions, II. Polar-Optical Phonons
In semi-classical transport, it has become common practice over the past few
decades to use ensemble Monte Carlo (EMC) methods for the simulation of
transport in semiconductor devices. This method utilizes particles while still
addressing the full physics within the device, leaving the computational
difficulties to the computer. More recently, the study of quantum mechanical
effects within the devices, have become important, and have been addressed in
semiconductor devices using non-equilibrium Green's functions (NEGF). In using
NEGF, one faces considerable computational difficulties. Recently, a particle
approach to NEGF has been proposed [ 1], and preliminary results presented for
non-polar optical phonons, which are very localized scattering centers. Here,
the problems with long-range polar-optical phonons are discussed and results of
the particle-based simulation presented.Comment: 9 pages, 9 figure
Noise and Bell's inequality
From the beginning of quantum mechanics, there has been a discussion about
the concept of reality, as exemplified by the EPR paradox. To many, the idea of
the paradox and the possibility of local hidden variables was dismissed by the
Bell inequality. Yet, there remains considerable evidence that this inequality
can be violated even by classical systems, so that experiments showing quantum
behavior and the violation of the inequality must be questioned. Here, we
demonstrate that classical optical polarization experiments based upon noise in
the system can be shown to violate the Bell inequality.Comment: Fluctuation and Noise Letters, in pres
Quantum Transport Simulation of the DOS function, Self-Consistent Fields and Mobility in MOS Inversion Layers
We describe a simulation of the self-consistent fields and mobility in (100) Si-inversion layers
for arbitrary inversion charge densities and temperatures. A nonequilibrium Green's functions
formalism is employed for the state broadening and conductivity. The subband structure of
the inversion layer electrons is calculated self-consistently by simultaneously solving the
Schrödinger, Poisson and Dyson equations. The self-energy contributions from the various
scattering mechanisms are calculated within the self-consistent Born approximation. Screening
is treated within RPA. Simulation results suggest that the proposed theoretical model
gives mobilities which are in excellent agreement with the experimental data
Ferroelectric-Domain-Patterning-Controlled Schottky Junction State in Monolayer MoS\u3csub\u3e2\u3c/sub\u3e
We exploit scanning-probe-controlled domain patterning in a ferroelectric top layer to induce nonvolatile modulation of the conduction characteristic of monolayer MoS2 between a transistor and a junction state. In the presence of a domain wall, MoS2 exhibits rectified I-V characteristics that are well described by the thermionic emission model. The induced Schottky barrier height ΦeffB varies from 0.38 to 0.57 eV and is tunable by a SiO2 global back gate, while the tuning range of ΦeffB depends sensitively on the conduction-band-tail trapping states. Our work points to a new route to achieving programmable functionalities in van der Waals materials and sheds light on the critical performance limiting factors in these hybrid systems
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