This is an exercise for advanced students. The exercise will demonstrate that the corrector-predictor approach for solving the Poisson equation can be very troublesome. Thus the standard numerical solution to the Poisson equation is the preferred approach.

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Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• www.eas.asu.edu/~vasilesk

• Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck (2008), "PN Diode Exercise: Graded Junction," https://nanohub.org/resources/4898.

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1. ABACUS
2. corrector-predictor approach
3. graded pn junction
4. nanoelectronics
5. pn diodes
6. pn-junction