Simulation of Wigner Function Transport in Tunneling and Quantum Structures

	Nanotech 2002 Vol. 2 Technical Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Computational Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Chapter 9: Quantum Effects, Quantum Devices and Spintronics
	Simulation of Wigner Function Transport in Tunneling and Quantum Structures
Authors:	C. Jacoboni, A. Bertoni, P. Bordone and N. Giacobbi
Affilation:	University of Modena, IT
Pages:	177 - 180
Keywords:	Wigner function, quantum transport, Monte Carlo, mesoscopic systems, tunneling
Abstract:	The Wigner-function approach to quantum transport in mesoscopic electron devices is presented. The concept of Wigner paths allows the formulation of a Monte Carlo simulation which is quantum mechanically rigorous and yet very similar to the one used in semi-classical transport theory. The effect of a potential profile is separated into a term acting as a classical force in the particle orbits and a scattering integral that contains only quantum effects. Phonon scattering is included in the paths in a way that takes automatically into account all quantum effects, such as intracollisional field effect and collisional broadening.
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ISBN:	0-9708275-6-3
Pages:	504
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