Theses

Natesh Ganesh (MS '11), Physical Information Theoretic Bounds on Energy Costs for Error Correction
Karan Mendiratta (MS '11), A banded SPIKE Algorithm and solver for shared-memory architectures
Deyin Zhang (PhD '10), First Principle Electronic Structure Calculations within Real-Space Mesh Framework: Application to Atoms, Molecules and Nanostructures
Jiseok Kim (PhD '10), Band Structure Calculations of Strained Semiconductors Using Empirical Pseudopotential Theory
Yan Zhang (PhD '10), Hole Mobility in Ge and III-V P-channel Inversion Layers with Self-consistent Valence Subband Structure and High-k Insulator
Zuojing Chen (MS '10), Efficient Modeling Techniques for Time-Dependent Quantum System with Applications to Carbon Nanotubes
Bo Fu (MS '09), Dissipative Quantum Transport Using the Pauli Master Equation
Ilke Ercan (MS '08) Electron Transport Properties and Accessible Information in Nanoscale Conductors by Microcanonical Approach
Terrance O'Regan (PhD '08), Electron Mobility Calculations in Si, Ge, and III-V Substrates with High-k Gate Dielectrics
Cathy Sachs (MS '08), Performance Limiting Aspects of High Mobility Nanoscale Devices Including Surface Roughness
Sudarshan Narayanan (MS '07), Interband and Gate Tunneling in Unconventional MOSFETS
Deyin Zhang (MS '07), Efficient modeling techniques for atomistic-based electronic density calculations

Journal Publications

K. Mendiratta, E. Polizzi, A threaded SPIKE algorithm for solving general banded systems Parallel Computing, V.37, I.12, pp. 733-741 (2011)
E. Polizzi, The SPIKE software Book Chapter in Springer "Encyclopedia of Parallel Computing", D. Padua (Ed.), Springer (2011)
Ilke Ercan and Neal G. Anderson, Tight-Binding Implementation of the Microcanonical Approach to Transport in Nanoscale Conductors: Generalization and Analysis, Journal of Applied Physics 107, 124318 (2010). [link]
Neal G. Anderson, On the Physical Implementation of Logical Transformations: Generalized L-Machines, Theoretical Computer Science 411, 4179-4199 (2010). [link]
Z. Chen, E. Polizzi, Spectral-based Propagation Schemes for Time-Dependent Quantum Systems with Applications to Carbon Nanotubes Phys. Rev. B, Vol. 82, 205410 (2010).
E. Polizzi, Density-Matrix-Based Algorithms for Solving Eingenvalue Problems, Phys. Rev. B. (Editors' suggestion), Vol. 79, 115112 (2009).
K. Fu, R. Zannoni, C. Chan, S. H. Adams, J. Nicholson, E. Polizzi, and K. S. Yngvesson, Terahertz detection in single wall carbon nanotubes" Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 033105 (2008). [link]
Neal G. Anderson, Information Erasure in Quantum Systems, Physics Letters A 372, 5552 (2008). [link]
S. Jin, M. V. Fischetti, and Ting-wei Tang, Differential conductance fluctuations in silicon nanowire transistors caused by quasi-ballistic transport and scattering-induced intersubband transitions, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 082103 1-3 (2008).
S. Jin, T. Tang, and M. V. Fischetti, Simulation of Silicon Nanowire Transistors Using the Boltzmann Transport Equation under the Relaxation-Time Approximation, IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 55, 727-736 (2008).
N. G. Anderson, Information Acquisition at the Nanoscale: Fundamental Considerations, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 7, 521-526 (2008). [link]
S. Jin, M. V. Fischetti, and E. Lyumkis, A physics-based nonlocal band-to-band tunneling model for multidimensional device simulations, J. Appl. Phys., Aug. 2008.
S. Jin, M. V. Fischetti, and Ting-wei Tang, Theoretical Study of Carrier Transport in Silicon Nanowire Transistors Based on the Multisubband Boltzmann Transport Equation, IEEE Trans. Electron Devices/IEEE Trans. Nanotechnol. (2008).
S. Narayanan, C. Sachs, and M. V. Fischetti, Study of performance and leakage currents in nanometer-scale bulk, SOI and double-gate MOSFETs, J. Comp. Electron. 7, 24-27 (2008).
I. Ercan and N. G. Anderson, Current and Information in the Microcanonical Picture of Nanoscale Transport, Journal of Computational Electronics 7, 466-470 (2008). [link]
Y. Zhang, J. Kim, and M. V. Fischetti, Self-Consistent Calculation of the Subband Structure and Hole Mobility in p-channel inversion layers, J. Comp. Electron. 7, 176-180 (2008).
M. V. Fischetti and S. Jin, The effect of defects on electron transport in nanometer-scale electronic devices: Impurities and Interface Roughness, “Defects in Microelectronic Materials and Devices”, Sokrates Pantelides, Dan Fleetwood, and Ron Schrimpf Eds. (CRC Press, 2008).
D. Zhang, E. PolizziEfficient modeling techniques for atomistic-based electron density calculations ; J. Comput. Electronics, Vol. 7, N. 3, pp 427-431 (2008). [link]

Conference Proceedings

I. Ercan and N. G. Anderson, Heat Dissipation Bounds for Nanocomputing: Theory and Application to QCA, NANO ‘11: Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE), pp. 1289-1294 (2011). (Best Paper Award)
A. Levin, E. Polizzi, Embedded Self-Energy Technique for Solving Arbitrary Nanoelectronic Systems Using FEAST, 11th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology. IEEE-NANO 2011, to appear (2011)
Z. Chen, S. Yngvesson, E. Polizzi, Real-Time Quantum Simulation of Terahertz Response in Single Wall Carbon Nanotube, 11th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology. IEEE-NANO 2011, to appear (2011)
I. Ercan, M. Rahman, and N. G. Anderson, Determining Fundamental Lower Bounds on Heat Dissipation for Transistor-Based Nanocomputing Paradigms, Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures, pp. 169-174, (2011). [link]
Z. Chen, E. Polizzi, Spectral modeling and propagation schemes for time-dependent quantum systems, 14th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, IWCE proceedings, pp295 - 298 (2010).
D. Zhang, E. Polizzi, A bottom-up computational framework for first-principle all-electron calculations 10th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology. IEEE-NANO 2010, pp821-824 (2010).
D. Zhang, E. Polizzi, Novel First-principle Simulations of 3D Atomistic Structure, 2010 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show. Technical Proceedings, Vol. 2, Chapter 10, pp569-572 (2010)
E. Carrion, M. Muthee, Z. Chen, J. Nicholson, E. Polizzi, and S. Yngvesson, Single Wall Carbon Nanotube (SWCNT) Devices as THz Detectors and Mixers, 21th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology (ISSTT) proceedings, p312 (2010)
Neal G. Anderson, Reversible Computation via Bennett Clocking in QCA Circuits: Input-Output Requirements, Proceedings of the 2009 International Workshop on Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata (IWQCA), 2009, pp. 12-13. (2009)
E. Carrion, M. Muthee, J. Donovan, R. Zannoni, J. Nicholson, E. Polizzi and S. Yngvesson, New Results on Terahertz Detection by Carbon Nanotubes, 20th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology (ISSTT) proceedings, pp110-119 (2009).
D. Zhang, E. Polizzi, Mode Decomposition Techniques for Electronic Structure Calculations of 3D Nanowire Devices, IEEE CNF , 2009. IWCE '09. 13th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, (IWCE) proceedings, IEEE CNF, pp1-4 (2009).
D. Zhang, E. Polizzi, Linear scaling techniques for first-principle calculations of large nanowire devices, 2008 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show. Technical Proceedings, Vol. 1, Chapter 1, pp12-15 (2008).
Y. Zhang, M. V. Fischetti, B. Soreé, W. Magnus, and M. Heyns, An Improved Self-consistent Method and Hole Mobility in Ge and GaAs Bulk pMOSFETs, to appear in Proc. ESSDERC, 2008.
I. Ercan and N. G. Anderson, Structure Dependence of Nanoconductor Current in a Tight-Binding Microcanonical Model, NANO ‘08: Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE, 2008), pp. 331-334 (2008). [link]
N. G. Anderson, An Information-Theoretic Measure for the Computational Fidelity of Physical Processes, Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (IEEE, 2008), pp. 2356-2360. [link]
I. Ercan and N. G. Anderson, Structure Dependence of Nanoconductor Current in a Microcanonical Transport Model, Proceedings of the 17th Annual CMOC Symposium: Micro- and Nano-technologies for Electronics, Photonics, Biosensors and Energy Sources (Connecticut Microelectronics and Optoelectronics Consortium, Storrs, pp. 39-40 (2008). [link]