F. Martin et al., Coupling between the Liouville equation and a classical Monte Carlo solverfor the simulation of electron transport in resonant tunneling diodes, SOL ST ELEC, 43(2), 1999, pp. 315-323
A coupling model between a classical Monte Carlo simulator and a Liouville
equation solver has been proposed with application to the simulation of ver
tical transport quantum devices in which extensive regions of the simulatio
n domain behave classically. These devices can be partitioned in regions in
which either a classical (Monte Carlo) or a quantum (Wigner formalism) tre
atment of carrier transport is required making a coupling scheme between ad
jacent regions necessary. According to this aim, the boundary conditions in
ferred from the Monte Carlo solver for the integration of the Liouville equ
ation in the quantum regions, as well as the injecting scheme to the Monte
Carlo regions provided by the Wigner distribution function at the boundarie
s have been earlier established. The results of this work. using a resonant
tunneling diode as a reference device, show that the proposed technique is
promising for the simulation of electron transport in quantum devices. (C)
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