Identification of States and Events for the Static and Dynamic Simulation of Single Electron Tunneling Circuits

The implementation of single-electron tunneling (SET) simulators based on the master-equation (ME) formalism requires the efficient and accurate identification of an exhaustive list of active states and related tunnel events. Dynamic simulations also require the control of the emerging states and guarantee the safe elimination of decaying states. This paper describes algorithms for use in the stationary and dynamic control of the lists of active states and events. The paper presents results obtained using these algorithms with different SET structures.

Authors:

• Sharief F. Babiker
• Abdelkareem Bedri
• Rania Naeem

Keywords:

• Active state
• Coulomb blockade
• Master Equation
• Single electron devices

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