Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport in Si/SiO2 superlattices

Marcello Rosini; Carlo Jacoboni; Stefano Ossicini

doi:10.1117/12.452215

5 November 2002 Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport in Si/SiO₂ superlattices

Marcello Rosini, Carlo Jacoboni, Stefano Ossicini

Proceedings Volume 4808, Optical Properties of Nanocrystals; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452215
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2002, Seattle, WA, United States

Abstract

In this work we investigate the transport properties of Si/SiO₂ superlattices with a multiband one-particle Monte Carlo simulator. The band structure of the system is obtained analytically by solving the Kronig-Penney potential in a tight binding approximation along the growth direction z while we have assumed parabolic dispersion in the in-plane directions. We have introduced in the simulator confined optical phonons, both polar and non polar, as scattering mechanisms. Owing to the very flat shape of the bands along the growth direction, very low drift velocities are obtained for vertical transport. However it turns out that for oblique fields, the in-plane component of the electric field strongly influences the transport properties along the vertical direction as effect of carrier heating. In particular higher vertical drift velocities can be obtained.

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Marcello Rosini, Carlo Jacoboni, and Stefano Ossicini "Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport in Si/SiO₂ superlattices", Proc. SPIE 4808, Optical Properties of Nanocrystals, (5 November 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452215

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