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Genetically Engineered Nanostructure Devices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Gerhard Klimeck ,
Carlos H. Salazar-Lazaro ,
Adrian Stoica  and
Thomas Cwik
Gerhard Klimeck
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109
Carlos H. Salazar-Lazaro
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109
Adrian Stoica
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109
Thomas Cwik
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109
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Abstract

Material variations on an atomic scale enable the quantum mechanical functionality of devices such as resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs), quantum well infrared photodetectors (QWIPs), quantum well lasers, and heterostructure field effect transistors (HFETs). The design and optimization of such heterostructure devices requires a detailed understanding of quantum mechanical electron transport. The Nanoelectronic Modeling Tool (NEMO) is a general-purpose quantum device design and analysis tool that addresses this problem. NEMO was combined with a parallelized genetic algorithm package (PGAPACK) to optimize structural and material parameters. The electron transport simulations presented here are based on a full band simulation, including effects of non-parabolic bands in the longitudinal and transverse directions relative to the electron transport and Hartree charge self-consistency. The first result of the genetic algorithm driven quantum transport calculation with convergence of a random structure population to experimental data is presented.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 551: Symposium JJ – Materials in Space-Science, Technology & Exploration , 1998 , 149
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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