Self-Consistent Enhanced S/D Tunneling Implementation in a 2D MS-EMC Nanodevice Simulator

The implementation of a source to drain tunneling in ultrascaled devices using MS-EMC has traditionally led to overestimated current levels in the subthreshold regime. In order to correct this issue and enhance the capabilities of this type of simulator, we discuss in this paper two alternative and self-consistent solutions focusing on different parts of the simulation flow. The first solution reformulates the tunneling probability computation by modulating the WKB approximation in a suitable way. The second corresponds to a change in the current calculation technique based on the utilization of the Landauer formalism. The results from both solutions are compared and contrasted to NEGF results from NESS. We conclude that the current computation modification constitutes the most suitable and advisable strategy to improve the MS-EMC tool.

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Dust Driven Winds from Pulsating Stars

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100018480 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 137 ◽

pp. 572-574 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

E.A. Dorfi ◽

M.U. Feuchtinger ◽

S. Höfner

Keyword(s):

The Self ◽

Time Dependent ◽

Full Description ◽

Stellar Winds ◽

Dust Formation ◽

Radiation Hydrodynamics ◽

Simple Description ◽

Pulsating Stars ◽

Self Consistent ◽

Different Parts

The cool extended atmospheres of late type giants are sites where dust formation takes place. Radiation pressure on the dust grains is an important force for driving the slow but massive winds observed in such objects. Existing calculations of dust driven stellar winds (e.g. Bowen 1988, Fleischer et al. 1991) suffer from the fact that they include approximations at various levels for different parts of the problem like the hydrodynamics or the dust formation. Furthermore they do not include time-dependent radiative transfer.In order to overcome these insufficiencies we plan to calculate self-consistent models of dust driven winds with a full description of both the radiation hydrodynamics and the time-dependent dust formation. As a first step, however, we concentrate our investigations on the self-consistent description of the radiation hydrodynamics adopting only a simple description of the dust opacities.

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WKB approximation based formula for tunneling probability through a multi-layer potential barrier

2012 15th International Workshop on Computational Electronics ◽

10.1109/iwce.2012.6242846 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Andrzej Mazurak ◽

Bogdan Majkusiak

Keyword(s):

Potential Barrier ◽

Tunneling Probability ◽

Wkb Approximation ◽

Layer Potential

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The evolution of the Kuiper belt during the formation of the outer planets

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100031213 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 173 ◽

pp. 37-44

Author(s):

M.D. Melita ◽

A. Brunini

Keyword(s):

Kuiper Belt ◽

Outer Planets ◽

Self Consistent ◽

Planetary Bodies ◽

Mass Depletion

AbstractA self-consistent study of the formation of planetary bodies beyond the orbit of Saturn and the evolution of Kuiper disks is carried out by means of an N-body code where accretion and gravitational encounters are considered. This investigation is focused on the aggregation of massive bodies in the outer planetary region and on the consequences of such process in the corresponding cometary belt. We study the link between the bombardment of massive bodies and mass depletion and eccentricity excitation.

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Field-assisted ionization theory for microscopists

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100171833 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 52 ◽

pp. 820-821

Author(s):

Patrick P. Camus

Keyword(s):

Electric Field ◽

Electron Tunneling ◽

Ionization Probability ◽

Critical Distance ◽

Tunneling Probability ◽

Field Ionization ◽

Radius Of Curvature ◽

Field Evaporation ◽

A Value ◽

Ion Emission

The theory of field ion emission is the study of electron tunneling probability enhanced by the application of a high electric field. At subnanometer distances and kilovolt potentials, the probability of tunneling of electrons increases markedly. Field ionization of gas atoms produce atomic resolution images of the surface of the specimen, while field evaporation of surface atoms sections the specimen. Details of emission theory may be found in monographs.Field ionization (FI) is the phenomena whereby an electric field assists in the ionization of gas atoms via tunneling. The tunneling probability is a maximum at a critical distance above the surface,xc, Fig. 1. Energy is required to ionize the gas atom at xc, I, but at a value reduced by the appliedelectric field, xcFe, while energy is recovered by placing the electron in the specimen, φ. The highest ionization probability occurs for those regions on the specimen that have the highest local electric field. Those atoms which protrude from the average surfacehave the smallest radius of curvature, the highest field and therefore produce the highest ionizationprobability and brightest spots on the imaging screen, Fig. 2. This technique is called field ion microscopy (FIM).

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