Three-dimensional simulations of quantum transport in semiconductor nanostructures
- Creators
- Ting, D. Z.-Y.
- Kirby, S. K.
- McGill, T. C.
Abstract
We introduce the planar supercell method as a means for treating three-dimensional quantum transport in mesoscopic tunnel structures. Our model treats potential variations along the growth direction as well as the lateral directions. The flexibility of the method allows us to examine a variety of physical phenomena relevant to quantum transport, including alloy disorder, interface roughness, defect impurities, and zero-dimensional, one-dimensional, and two-dimensional quantum confinement, in a variety of device geometries ranging from double barrier heterostructures to quantum wire electron waveguides. Using this method, we have studied the transport properties of double barrier heterostructures with alloy barriers, including the effect of clustering in the alloy layers. We have also examined interface roughness in double barrier structures, and analyzed k|| scattering and lateral localization. In addition, we have studied the transport properties of a quantum wire electron waveguide, and explored its sensitivity to the geometry of waveguide openings.
Additional Information
© 1993 American Vacuum Society. (Received 3 February 1993; accepted 24 March 1993) The authors would like to thank Eric Van de Velde, W.L. Johnson, and W.R. Frensley for helpful discussions. S.K.K. would like to thank the Office of Naval Research for graduate fellowship support during this research. This work was supported by the Office of naval Research (ONR) under Grant No. N00014-89-J-1141.Files
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