Near-equilibrium Transport: Fundamentals And Applications
Author | : Mark S Lundstrom |
Publisher | : World Scientific Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2012-11-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789814452243 |
ISBN-13 | : 9814452246 |
Rating | : 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: These lectures are designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of carrier transport in nano-devices using a novel, “bottom up approach” that agrees with traditional methods when devices are large, but which also works for nano-devices. The goal is to help students learn how to think about carrier transport at the nanoscale and also how the bottom up approach provides a new perspective to traditional concepts like mobility and drift-diffusion equations. The lectures are designed for engineers and scientists and others who need a working knowledge of near-equilibrium (“low-field” or “linear”) transport. Applications of the theory and measurement considerations are also addressed. The lectures serve as a starting point to an extensive set of instructional materials available online.