Analysis of a new implicit solver for a semiconductor model

DOI10.1137/20M1365922zbMATH Open1471.65121arXiv2009.05626OpenAlexW3172576095MaRDI QIDQ4997429FDOQ4997429

Victor DeCaria, Cory D. Hauck, Ming Tse P. Laiu

Publication date: 29 June 2021

Published in: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present and analyze a new iterative solver for implicit discretizations of a simplified Boltzmann-Poisson system. The algorithm builds on recent work that incorporated a sweeping algorithm for the Vlasov-Poisson equations as part of nested inner-outer iterative solvers for the Boltzmann-Poisson equations. The new method eliminates the need for nesting and requires only one transport sweep per iteration. It arises as a new fixed-point formulation of the discretized system which we prove to be contractive for a given electric potential. We also derive an accelerator to improve the convergence rate for systems in the drift-diffusion regime. We numerically compare the efficiency of the new solver, with and without acceleration, with a recently developed nested iterative solver.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.05626

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zbMATH Keywords

domain decompositionimplicit time integrationsemiconductorsynthetic accelerationdrift-diffusion limitBoltzmann-Poisson equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boltzmann equations (35Q20) PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) Vlasov equations (35Q83) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M12) Multigrid methods; domain decomposition for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M55) Numerical solution of discretized equations for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M22) PDEs in connection with semiconductor devices (35Q81)

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Uses Software

• RODAS
• Eigen
• Anderson

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