Discrete kernel preserving model for 1D electron-optical phonon scattering (Q2515530)

In the frame of investigation of more realistic scattering mechanisms for nano semiconductors, for which the electron-photon scattering due to lattice vibration is inevitable and important, a discrete scattering model for a 1D electron-optical photon scattering operator is proposed. The mathematical property of the scattering matrix by a conservative finite volume discretization has been studied sufficiently thoroughly including its sparsity pattern and its symmetries, the structure of its eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Numerical methods are used to confirm the theoretical results.