Affiliation:
1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
Abstract
This paper deals with the electron transport and heat generation in a Resonant Tunneling Diode semiconductor device. A new electrothermal Monte Carlo method is introduced. The method couples a Monte Carlo solver of the Boltzmann–Wigner transport equation with a steady-state solution of the heat diffusion equation. This methodology provides an accurate microscopic description of the spatial distribution of self-heating and its effect on the detailed nonequilibrium carrier dynamics.
Subject
Geometry and Topology,Logic,Mathematical Physics,Algebra and Number Theory,Analysis