"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Some general observations -- 1.2. Optically excited hot carriers -- 1.3. Hot carriers in devices -- 1.4. What is in this book2. High electric field transport -- 2.1. Velocity and mobility -- 2.2. Transient transport -- 2.3. Inter-valley scattering -- 2.4. Impact ionization and breakdown -- 2.5. Micro…
"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Introduction. 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Particles in classical transport -- 1.2. The quantum mechanical view of particles -- 1.3. Electronic devices as complex systems -- 1.4. Probability and particles -- 1.5. Various approaches for semiconductor devices -- 1.6. An outline of this book -- Appendix A. On quantization…
"Version: 20181101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Classical mechanics -- 1.2. Rise of quantum mechanics -- 1.3. Eugene Wigner -- 1.4. Modern devices and simulation -- 1.5. Our approach2. Approaches to quantum transport -- 2.1. Modes and the Landauer formula -- 2.2. The scattering matrix approach -- 2.3. The density matrix -- 2.4. Green's functions…
"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Multi-scale modeling in semiconductors -- 1.2. Building a planar MOSFET -- 1.3. Modern modifications -- 1.4. What is in this book?2. Electronic structure -- 2.1. Periodic potentials -- 2.2. Potentials and pseudopotentials -- 2.3. Real-space methods -- 2.4. Momentum space methods -- 2.5. The k [dot]…
"Version: 20200801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The world of nanoelectronics -- 1.1. Moore's law -- 1.2. Nanostructures -- 1.3. Some electronic length and time scales -- 1.4. Heterostructures for mesoscopic devices -- 1.5. Superconductors -- 1.6. Bits and qubits -- 1.7. Some notes on fabrication -- 1.8. Bottom-up fabrication2. Wires and channels -- 2.1. The quantum …
"Version: 20130901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- Introduction -- What is included in device modeling? -- What is in this book?Electronic structure -- Periodic potentials -- Potentials and pseudopotentials -- Real-space methods -- Momentum space methods -- The k.p method -- The effective mass approximation -- Semiconductor alloysLattice dyn…
"Version: 20150801"--Title page verso.EPUB version includes embedded videos.Includes bibliographical references.10. Hot carriers in mesoscopic devices -- 10.1. Energy-loss rates -- 10.2. The energy-relaxation time.9. Open quantum dots -- 9.1. Conductance fluctuations in open dots -- 9.2. Pointer states -- 9.3. Hybrid states -- 9.4. Imaging the pointer state scar8. Tunnel devices -- 8.1. Coulomb…