The Nanoelectronic Modeling Tool NEMO 5: Capabilities, Validation, and Application to Sb-Heterostructures

Author

• Sebastian Steiger, Network for Computational Nanotechnology, Purdue University
• Michael Povolotskyi, Network for Computational Nanotechnology, Purdue University
• Hong Hyun Park, Network for Computational Nanotechnology, Purdue University
• Tillmann Kubis, Network for Computational Nanotechnology, Purdue University
• Ganesh Hegde, Network for Computational Nanotechnology, Purdue University
• Benjamin Haley, Network for Computational Nanotechnology, Purdue University
• Mark Rodwell, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Gerhard Klimeck, Network for Computational Nanotechnology, Purdue UniversityFollow

Abstract

Modeling and simulation take an important role in the exploration and design optimization of novel devices. As the downscaling of electronic devices continues, the description of interfaces, randomness, and disorder on an atomistic level gains importance and continuum descriptions lose their validity. Often a full-band description of the electronic structure is needed to model the interaction of different valleys and nonparabolicity effects. NEMO 5 [1] is a modeling tool that addresses these issues and is able to provide insight into a broad range of devices. It unifies the capabilities of prior projects: multiscale approaches to quantum transport in planar structures in NEMO-IO [2], multimillion-atom simulations of strain and electronic structure in NEMO-30 [3] and NEMO-30-Peta [4], and quantum transport in nonplanar structures in OMEN [5]. NEMO 5 aims at becoming a community code whose structure, implementation, resource requirements and license allow experimental and theoretical researchers in academia and industry alike to use and extend the tool.

Comments

Proceedings of the IEEE Device Research Conference (DRC), June 20-22, 2011;

doi: 10.1109/DRC.2011.5994404

DOI

10.1109/DRC.2011.5994404

Citation

Proceedings of the IEEE Device Research Conference (DRC), June 20-22, 2011; doi: 10.1109/DRC.2011.5994404

Date of this Version

6-20-2011

Recommended Citation

Steiger, Sebastian; Povolotskyi, Michael; Park, Hong Hyun; Kubis, Tillmann; Hegde, Ganesh; Haley, Benjamin; Rodwell, Mark; and Klimeck, Gerhard, "The Nanoelectronic Modeling Tool NEMO 5: Capabilities, Validation, and Application to Sb-Heterostructures" (2011). Birck and NCN Publications. Paper 905.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/DRC.2011.5994404