@inproceedings{fada9576ce2940b684a06ade7858d9f7,
title = "Self-consistent modeling of open quantum devices",
abstract = "In this paper, we describe a method of simulating electron transport in semiconductor devices that operate in the quantum regime. Specifically, devices formed in which the electrons are confined to two dimensions (2D) and transport is ballistic. Modeling such structures using a finite difference approach, we describe how the conductance can be calculated using a numerically stabilized variant of the transfer matrix approach derived from the 2D Schr{\"o}dinger equation. Examining the example of a quantum point contact, we also describe how this method can be efficiently coupled to a Poisson solver to allow self-consistency to be achieved.",
keywords = "Finite difference, Heterostructures, Numerical methods, Quantum transport",
author = "Richard Akis and Lucian Shifren and David Ferry",
year = "2002",
month = dec,
day = "1",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "0970827563",
series = "2002 International Conference on Computational Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - ICCN 2002",
pages = "185--188",
editor = "M. Laudon and B. Romanowicz",
booktitle = "2002 International Conference on Computational Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - ICCN 2002",
note = "2002 International Conference on Computational Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - ICCN 2002 ; Conference date: 21-04-2002 Through 25-04-2002",
}