The Ben Daniel-Duke model in general nanowire structures
(2007) In Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 19(13).- Abstract
- A simple computationally effective method is developed for solving the Ben Daniel - Duke equations for nanowire semiconductor heterostructures. The method allows eigenstates and associated energy levels of nanowires with varying cross- sectional shape and/ or varying composition to be obtained, and is based on expanding the envelope function eigenstates on local eigenstates of the corresponding cross- sectional problem. In this way, the original partial differential equation problem is reduced to a set of coupled ordinary differential equations ( this set can to a good approximation be limited to a small number of coupled equations). In the first part of the paper, the model equation framework is derived; it can be easily modified to... (More)
- A simple computationally effective method is developed for solving the Ben Daniel - Duke equations for nanowire semiconductor heterostructures. The method allows eigenstates and associated energy levels of nanowires with varying cross- sectional shape and/ or varying composition to be obtained, and is based on expanding the envelope function eigenstates on local eigenstates of the corresponding cross- sectional problem. In this way, the original partial differential equation problem is reduced to a set of coupled ordinary differential equations ( this set can to a good approximation be limited to a small number of coupled equations). In the first part of the paper, the model equation framework is derived; it can be easily modified to account for a more general set of partial differential equations. In the second part of the paper, three different cases of axisymmetrical nanowire problems are analysed in terms of eigenstates and energy eigenvalues. The cases considered are ( a) conical nanowires, ( b) a nanowire with a step in radius, and ( c) a conical GaAs/ GaAlAs nanowire. Comparison with computationally more expensive finite- element results on a two- dimensional domain is made, and good agreement is found. (Less)
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