A finite-volume scheme for a spinorial matrix drift-diffusion model for semiconductors

DOI10.1002/NUM.22030zbMATH Open1350.82009arXiv1502.05639OpenAlexW2128553293MaRDI QIDQ2808864FDOQ2808864

Authors: C. Chainais-Hillairet, Ansgar Jüngel, Polina Shpartko 

Publication date: 25 May 2016

Published in: Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: An implicit Euler finite-volume scheme for a spinorial matrix drift-diffusion model for semiconductors is analyzed. The model consists of strongly coupled parabolic equations for the electron density matrix or, alternatively, of weakly coupled equations for the charge and spin-vector densities, coupled to the Poisson equation for the elec-tric potential. The equations are solved in a bounded domain with mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary conditions. The charge and spin-vector fluxes are approximated by a Scharfetter-Gummel discretization. The main features of the numerical scheme are the preservation of positivity and L $infty$ bounds and the dissipation of the discrete free energy. The existence of a bounded discrete solution and the monotonicity of the discrete free energy are proved. For undoped semiconductor materials, the numerical scheme is uncon-ditionally stable. The fundamental ideas are reformulations using spin-up and spin-down densities and certain projections of the spin-vector density, free energy estimates, and a discrete Moser iteration. Furthermore, numerical simulations of a simple ferromagnetic-layer field-effect transistor in two space dimensions are presented.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.05639

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zbMATH Keywords

energy dissipationfinite volumessemiconductorsfield-effect transistorspinor drift-diffusion equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite volume methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M08) Statistical mechanics of semiconductors (82D37)

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