ABACUS—Introduction to Semiconductor Devices
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When we hear the term semiconductor device, we may think first of the transistors in PCs or video game consoles, but transistors are the basic component in all of the electronic devices we use in our daily lives. Electronic systems are built from such components as transistors, capacitors,...
AQME Advancing Quantum Mechanics for Engineers
Introduction to Advancing Quantum Mechanics for Engineers and Physicists “Advancing Quantum Mechanics for Engineers” (AQME) toolbox is an assemblage of individually authored tools that, used in concert, offer educators and students a one-stop-shop for semiconductor education. The...
ACUTE—Assembly for Computational Electronics
This nanoHUB “topic page” provides an easy access to selected nanoHUB educational material on computational electronics that is openly accessible. We invite users to participate in this open source, interactive educational initiative: content by uploading it to the nanoHUB. (See...
Computational Optoelectronics Course
This course teaches the students the basic principles for the operation of solar cells, light-emitting diodes, photodetectors and VCSELS. For some of these devices, numerical implementation details are given and source codes are provided together with simulation examples. The outline of...
Bound States Lab Learning Materials
By completing the Bound States Calculation Lab, users will be able to: a) understand the concept of bound states, b) the meaning of the eigenvalues and the eigenvectors, and c) the form of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors for rectangular, parabolic and triangular confinement. The specific...
Resonant Tunneling Diode Learning Materials
By completing the Resonant Tunneling Diode Simulation with NEGF, users will be able to: a) understand the principle of operation of resonant tunneling diode, b) the meaning of the quasibound states, resonant and non-resonant tunneling and c) the concept of quantum interference which is the basis...
SCHRED Learning Materials
By completing the Schred tool exercises and tests, users will be able to: a) understand the operation of MOS capacitors. b) the concept of bound states in a MOS capacitor structure, c) the meaning of the eigenvalues and the eigenvectors, and d) the form of the eigenvalues and the eigenvectors...
Bulk Monte Carlo Learning Materials
By completing the Bulk Monte Carlo Lab exercises and tests, users will be able to: a) understand the way the Boltzmann Transport Equation (BTE) is solved using the Monte Carlo method, b) the concept of drift velocity and average carrier energy, c) the reason why drift velocity saturates in, for...