NEMO5: A Parallel Multiscale Nanoelectronics Modeling Tool

Author

• Sebastian Steiger, Purdue UniversityFollow
• Michael Povolotskyi, Purdue UniversityFollow
• Hong-Hyun Park, Purdue UniversityFollow
• Tillmann Kubis, Purdue UniversityFollow
• Gerhard Klimeck, Purdue UniversityFollow

Abstract

The development of a new nanoelectronics modeling tool, NEMO5, is reported. The tool computes strain, phonon spectra, electronic band structure, charge density, charge current, and other properties of nanoelectronic devices. The modular layout enables a mix and match of physical models with different length scales and varying numerical complexity. NEMO5 features multilevel parallelization and is based on open-source packages. Its versatility is demonstrated with selected application examples: a multimillion-atom strain calculation, bulk electron and phonon band structures, a 1-D Schrodinger-Poisson simulation, a multiphysics simulation of a resonant tunneling diode, and quantum transport through a nanowire transistor.

Keywords

COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS; ATOMISTIC SIMULATION; QUANTUM; PARAMETERS; TRANSPORT; 3-D; ALGORITHM; DEVICES; SINGLE

DOI

10.1109/TNANO.2011.2166164

Citation

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology ( Volume: 10, Issue: 6, Nov. 2011 )

Date of this Version

11-2011

Recommended Citation

Steiger, Sebastian; Povolotskyi, Michael; Park, Hong-Hyun; Kubis, Tillmann; and Klimeck, Gerhard, "NEMO5: A Parallel Multiscale Nanoelectronics Modeling Tool" (2011). Birck and NCN Publications. Paper 835.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNANO.2011.2166164