ECE_456_Reports/PS2/q4b_main.m
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clear all;
% Physical constants in MKS units
hbar = 1.054e-34;
q = 1.602e-19;
% Energy parameters in eV; included are the single-electron charging
% energy U0; the kBT product; the equilibrium Fermi level mu; and the
% energy levels cal_E1 and cal_E2, where "cal_E" is short-form for "calligraphic E"
% Please especially note that ALL ENERGY VARIABLES IN THIS CODE
% ARE IN eV (NOT joules); the equations from class must be adjusted
% accordingly, multiplying or dividing appropriate terms by a factor of q
% YOU MUST ENTER THE APPROPRIATE VALUES OF cal_E1 and cal_E2
U0 = 0.025;
kBT = 0.025;
mu = 0;
cal_E1 = 0.2879 / 2;
cal_E2 = 0.2879 * 3 / 2;
% Capacitance parameters
alpha_G = 0.5;
alpha_D = 0.5;
alpha_S = 1 - alpha_G - alpha_D;
% Energy grid in eV, from -1 eV to 1 eV
NE = 501;
E = linspace(-1,1,NE);
dE = E(2) - E(1);
% Coupling coefficients, which are now grids over E, with
% gamma_1 equal to 0.005 eV for E > 0, and 0 for E <= 0, and
% with gamma_2 equal to 0.005 eV for all E; the 1e-6
% term is included to avoid divide-by-zero errors
gamma_1 = 0.005*(E + abs(E)) ./ (E + E + 1e-6);
gamma_2 = 0.005*ones(1,NE);
gamma = gamma_1 + gamma_2;
% Reference number of electrons in the channel, assumed to be zero in
% this code
N0 = 0;
% Voltage values to consider for the final plots
NV = 121;
VV = linspace(-0.4,0.8,NV);
dV = VV(2) - VV(1);
% Loop over voltage values and compute number of electrons and current
% for each voltage value in a self-consistent manner
for count = 1:NV
% Set terminal voltages
VG = 0;
VD = VV(count);
VS = 0;
% Values of mu1 and mu2; notice that the usual factor of q multiplying
% the voltages is omitted, because in this code, energy is in eV
mu1 = mu - VS;
mu2 = mu - VD;
% Compute source and drain Fermi functions
f1 = 1./(1+exp((E - mu1)./kBT));
f2 = 1./(1+exp((E - mu2)./kBT));
% Value of Laplace potential in eV
UL = - (alpha_G*VG) - (alpha_D*VD) - (alpha_S*VS);
% Initial value of Poisson part in eV
UP = 0;
% Iterate until self-consistent potential is achieved by monitoring
% the Poisson part (the Laplace part does not change)
dUP = 1;
while dUP > 1e-6
% Lorentzian SHIFTED density of states for levels 1 and 2,
% each normalized so that its integral is unity
D1 = (0.01/(2*pi))./((E - (UL + UP) - cal_E1).^2+(0.01/2)^2);
D1 = D1./(dE*sum(D1));
D2 = (0.01/(2*pi))./((E - (UL + UP) - cal_E2).^2+(0.01/2)^2);
D2 = D2./(dE*sum(D2));
% Total density of states
D = D1 + D2;
% Compute number of channel electrons
N(count) = dE*sum( ((gamma_1./gamma).*f1 + (gamma_2./gamma).*f2).*D );
% Newly calculated Poisson part of self-consistent potential
UPnew = U0*( N(count) - N0 );
% Change in Poisson part between iterations
dUP = abs(UP - UPnew);
% New guess for next iteration, found by adding a fraction of the
% difference between iterations to the old guess
UP = UP + 0.1*(UPnew - UP);
end
% Compute the current in A after the self-consistent potential
% has been achieved; notice the extra factor of q preceding the
% equation, which is needed since the gammas are in eV
I(count) = q*(q/hbar)...
*dE*sum((f1-f2).*D.*gamma_1.*gamma_2./gamma);
run q4b_subplots;
end
% Plotting commands, including lines to modify the linewidth
% and Fontsize, just to make the plots look nicer; you don't
% need to worry about how these work
figure(1); h = plot(VV,N,'k'); grid on;
set(h,'linewidth',[2.0]); set(gca,'Fontsize',[18]);
xlabel('DRAIN VOLTAGE [V]'); ylabel('NUMBER OF ELECTRONS');
figure(2); h = plot(VV,I,'k'); grid on;
set(h,'linewidth',[2.0]); set(gca,'Fontsize',[18]);
xlabel('DRAIN VOLTAGE [V]'); ylabel('CURRENT [A]');