TY - JOUR T1 - Stationary and Transient Simulations for a One-Dimensional Resonant Tunneling Diode JO - Communications in Computational Physics VL - 5 SP - 1034 EP - 1050 PY - 2008 DA - 2008/11 SN - 4 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/7826.html KW - AB -

We investigate the validity of stationary simulations for semiconductor quantum charge transport in a one-dimensional resonant tunneling diode via fluid type models. Careful numerical investigations to a quantum hydrodynamic model reveal that the transient simulations do not always converge to the steady states. In particular, growing oscillations are observed at relatively large applied voltage. A dynamical bifurcation is responsible for the stability interchange of the steady state. Transient and stationary computations are also performed for a unipolar quantum drift-diffusion model.