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Electron-Phonon and Electron-Electron Interactions in Quantum Transport
Papers | 14 Jan 2008 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
The objective of this work is to shed light on electron transport through sub-micron semi-conductor structures, where electronic state quantization, electron-electron interactions and electron-phonon interactions are important. We concentrate here on the most developed vertical quantum device,...
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Fundamentals of Nanotransistors
Papers | 30 Jan 2022 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
The objective of these lectures is to provide readers with an understanding of the essential physics of nanoscale transistors as well as some of the practical technological considerations and fundamental limits. This book is written in a way that is broadly accessible to students with only a...
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Fundamentals of Phonon Transport Modeling L5: Phonon-Boundary and Phonon-Defect Scattering
Presentation Materials | 03 Jan 2017 | Contributor(s):: Alan McGaughey, Xiulin Ruan
Part of the 2016 IMECE Tutorial: Fundamentals of Phonon Transport Modeling: Formulation, Implementation, and Applications.
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Illinois 2009 nano-biophotonics Summer School, Lecture 18: Bond-Selective Imaging based on Coherent Raman Scattering
Presentation Materials | 03 Nov 2009 | Contributor(s):: Kimani C Toussaint
Bond-Selective Imaging based on Coherent Raman ScatteringTopics: Imaging Cells in a Tissue Microenvironment Nonlinear Optical (NLO) Microscopy Combining Two-photon Excited Fluorescence (TPEF)with Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) Raman Scattering Biggest Challenge in Raman Imaging - Very Weak...
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Illinois 2009 nano-biophotonics Summer School, Lecture 3: Elastic Light Scattering
Online Presentations | 21 Sep 2009 | Contributor(s):: Gabriel Popescu
Elastic Light ScatteringTopics: Light Scattering by Inhomogeneous Media Scattering on Single Particles Scattering on Simple Particles Rayleigh Scattering The Born Approximation The Spatial Correlation Function Single Particle Under Born approximation Ensemble of Particles Mie Scattering Multiple...
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Illinois 2009 nano-biophotonics Summer School, Lecture 4: Dynamic Light Scattering
Presentation Materials | 27 Oct 2009 | Contributor(s):: Gabriel Popescu
Dynamic Light ScatteringTopics: DLS Typical Geometry Simplistic Picture: Young Interferometer 1st Order Correlation (g1)- DLS Viscous Media and Brownian Motion Observations Brownain Motion Coherence Effects Experimental Geometries Other Applications Viscoelastic
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Illinois ECE 460 Optical Imaging, Chapter 5: Light Scattering
Teaching Materials | 29 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Gabriel Popescu, Andre da Costa Teves, Christopher Nixon, Glen Svenningsen
This chapter covers important topics related to Light Scattering: Simple particles, Rayleigh Scattering, The Born Approximation, Spatial Correlation, Ensemble of Particles, The Transport Equation, etc.Notes developed by Professor Gabriel Popescu from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Illinois ECE 598EP Lecture 8 - Hot Chips: Thermal Conductivity of Solids
Online Presentations | 24 Jun 2009 | Contributor(s):: Eric Pop, Omar N Sobh
Thermal Conductivity of SolidsTopics: Kinetic Theory of Energy Transport Simple Kinetic Theory Assumptions Phonon MFP and Scattering Time Silicon Film Thermal Conductivity Silicon Nanowire Thermal Conductivity Isotope Scattering Electron Thermal Conductivity Thermal Conductivity of Cu and Al
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Illinois Phys550 Molecular Biophysics Lecture 12: Radiation Processes Light Scattering
Online Presentations | 08 Mar 2010 | Contributor(s):: Klaus Schulten
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Illinois Phys550 Molecular Biophysics Lecture 6: Structure Analysis by X-ray and Electron Scattering I
Online Presentations | 12 Feb 2010 | Contributor(s):: Klaus Schulten
Crystal Lattice Scattering of Individual Atoms
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Illinois Phys550 Molecular Biophysics Lecture 7: Structure Analysis by X-ray and Electron Scattering II
Online Presentations | 16 Feb 2010 | Contributor(s):: Klaus Schulten
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Inelastic Scattering in NEGF: Matlab Implementation and Exercises
Downloads | 31 Dec 2010 | Contributor(s):: Samiran Ganguly, Supriyo Datta
A set of Matlab scripts has been developed illustrating the treatment of inelastic scattering in non-equilibrium Greens function (NEGF) based quantum transport models. The first script highlights the core principles using a simple conductor described by a (2x2) Hamiltonian matrix, while the...
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IWCN 2021: Effective Monte Carlo Simulator of Hole Transport in SiGe alloys
Online Presentations | 21 Jul 2021 | Contributor(s):: Caroline dos Santos Soares, Alan Rossetto, Dragica Vasileska, Gilson Wirth
In this work, an Ensemble Monte Carlo (EMC) transport simulator is presented for simulation of hole transport in SiGe alloys.
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IWCN 2021: How to Preserve the Kramers-Kronig Relation in Inelastic Atomistic Quantum Transport Calculations
Online Presentations | 15 Jul 2021 | Contributor(s):: Daniel Alberto Lemus, James Charles, Tillmann Christoph Kubis
The nonequilibrium Green’s function method (NEGF) is often used to predict quantum transport in atomically resolved nanodevices. This yields a high numerical load when inelastic scattering is included. Atomistic NEGF had been regularly applied on nanodevices, such as nanotransistors....
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Lecture 10: Case study-Near-equilibrium Transport in Graphene
Online Presentations | 19 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
Near-equilibrium transport in graphene as an example of how to apply the concepts in lectures 1-8.
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Lecture 3: Low Bias Transport in Graphene: An Introduction
Online Presentations | 18 Sep 2009 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
Outline:Introduction and ObjectivesTheoryExperimental approachResultsDiscussionSummaryLecture notes are available for this lecture.
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Lecture 4: Scattering in Nanoscale MOSFETs
Online Presentations | 08 Sep 2008 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
No MOSFET is ever fully ballistic - there is always some carrier scattering. Scattering makes the problem complicated and requires detailed numerical simulations to treat properly. My objective in this lecture is to present a simple, physical picture that describes the essence of the problem and...
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Lecture 6: An Introduction to Scattering
Online Presentations | 16 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
In this lecture, we show how the mean-free-path (mfp) is related to thetime between scattering events and briefly discuss how the scattering time is related to underlying physical processes.
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Lecture 9: Introduction to Phonon Transport
Online Presentations | 17 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
This lecture is an introduction to phonon transport. Key similarities and differences between electron and phonon transport are discussed.
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Low Bias Transport in Graphene: An Introduction (lecture notes)
Presentation Materials | 22 Sep 2009 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom, tony low, Dionisis Berdebes
These notes complement a lecture with the same title presented by Mark Lundstrom and Dionisis Berdebes, at the NCN@Purdue Summer School, July 20-24, 2009.