Model and program package for study and optimization of generation characteristics of semiconductor superlattice

V. V. Makarov ; A. O. Selskii ; V. A. Maksimenko ; A. A. Koronovskii ; O. I. Moskalenko ; A. E. Khramov

Matematičeskoe modelirovanie, Tome 28 (2016) no. 11, pp. 19-32.

Résumé

The program package for the simulation of the dynamics of semiconductor superlattice under influence of external magnetic field has been developed. The analytical and numerical model on which the program package is based are described in detail in the paper. The approbation of the deleloped package shows, that it can be effectively used to study the dynamics of semiconductor superlattices, including the optimization of generation characteristics of sub-THz/THz devices.

Détail

Keywords: semiconductor superlattice, program package, numerical model.

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