Basics of Quantum Mechanics

01 Jun 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

Classical vs. Quantum physics, particle-wave duality, postulates of quantum mechanics

Renewable Energy Sources

17 May 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

This presentation in pictures describes possibilities and utilization of alternative (green) sources of energy. Many sources contributed in the creation of this presentation. vasileska.faculty.asu.edu NSF

Slides: WKB Approximation 1

09 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, David K. Ferry

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Solar Cells Numerical Solution

01 Jun 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

This is an MS Thesis of Balaji Padmanabhan, a student of Prof. Vasileska. It describes numerical solution details for the 3D drift-diffusion equations as applied to modeling 1D-3D solar cells.

Reading Material: Time Independent Schrodinger Wave Equation (TISWE)

07 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

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Slides: Examples and Stark Effect

10 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, David K. Ferry

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Empirical Pseudopotential Method: Theory and Implementation

16 May 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

This tutorial first teaches the users the basic theory behind the Empirical Pseudopotential (EPM)Bandstructure Calculation method. Next, the implementation details of the method are described and finally a MATLAB implementation of the EPM is provided. vasileska.faculty.asu.edu NSF

Crystal Directions and Miller Indices

04 Jun 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): David K. Ferry, Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

Miller indices are a notation system in crystallography for planes and directions in crystal lattices. In particular, a family of lattice planes is determined by three integers, l, m, and n, the Miller indices. They are written (lmn) and denote planes orthogonal to a direction (l,m,n) in the basis …

Solar Cells Operation and Modeling

15 Jul 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

This set of slides decribes the basic principles of operation of various generations on solar cells with emphasis to single crystalline solar cells. Next, semiconductor equations that describe the operation of a solar cell under simplified conditions is given. Finally, modeling of single junction …

Physical and Mathematical Description of the Operation of Photodetectors

07 Jun 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

This set of slides describes physical and mathematical description of the operation of photodetectors including important figures of merit.

Slides: WKB Approximation 2

09 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, David K. Ferry

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Tutorial on Semi-empirical Band Structure Methods

06 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

This tutorial explains in details the Empirical Pseudopotential Method for the electronic structure calculation, the tight-binding method and the k.p method. For more details on the Empirical Pseudopotential Method listen to the following presentation: Empirical Pseudopotential Method Described …

Theory of PN Diodes

23 Jun 2009 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

This set of slides is intended to explain the operation of a PN diode to students.

From Semi-Classical to Quantum Transport Modeling: Drift-Diffusion and Hydrodynamic Modeling

09 Aug 2009 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

This set of powerpoint slides series provides insight on what are the tools available for modeling devices that behave either classically or quantum-mechanically. An in-depth description is provided to the approaches with emphasis on the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. Conclusions …

From Semi-Classical to Quantum Transport Modeling: Quantum Corrections to Semiclassical Approaches

09 Aug 2009 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

This set of powerpoint slides series provides insight on what are the tools available for modeling devices that behave either classically or quantum-mechanically. An in-depth description is provided to the approaches with emphasis on the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. Conclusions …

SILVACO Simulation of Solar Cells

06 Feb 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

This set of lecture notes describes the SILVACO simulation of Solar Cells. In particular, emphasis is placed on the module LUMINOUS.

Reading Material: Postulates of Quantum Mechanics

07 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

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PN Diode Exercise: Series Resistance

06 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

An exercise in determining the series resistance in a PN diode.

MOSFET - Theoretical Exercises

03 Aug 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

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BJT Problems and PADRE Exercise

11 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

This set of problems makes the students familiar with h-parameters and they also teach them how to write the input deck for simulation of BJT device to obtain the Gummel plot, the output characteristics and to extract the h-parameters. Also here, students are taught how to treat current contacts …

Computational Electronics

07 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck, Stephen M. Goodnick

As semiconductor feature sizes shrink into the nanometer scale regime, device behavior becomes increasingly complicated as new physical phenomena at short dimensions occur, and limitations in material properties are reached. In addition to the problems related to the actual operation of ultra-small …

Periodic Potentials and the Kronig-Penney Model

01 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

This material describes the derivation of the Kronig-Penney model for delta-function periodic potentials.

Drift-Diffusion Modeling and Numerical Implementation Details

28 May 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

This tutorial describes the constitutive equations for the drift-diffusion model and implementation details such as discretization and numerical solution of the algebraic equations that result from the finite difference discretization of the Poisson and the continuity …

Tutorial for PADRE Based Simulation Tools

10 Aug 2009 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

This tutorial is intended for first time and medium level users of PADRE-based simulation modules installed on the nanohub. It gives clear overview on the capabilities of each tool with emphasis to most important effects occuring in nano-scale devices.

From Semi-Classical to Quantum Transport Modeling: Quantum Transport - Recursive Green's function method, CBR approach and Atomistic

09 Aug 2009 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

This set of powerpoint slides series provides insight on what are the tools available for modeling devices that behave either classically or quantum-mechanically. An in-depth description is provided to the approaches with emphasis on the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. Conclusions …