%PotentialProfileWithPoisson.m %calculates potential profile due to charge %accumulation/depletion at the electrodes by solving Poisson equation %in the depletion approximation %Input: Potential profile (V(i), i = 1..NBarrierStep) build out of NBarrierStep barriers %Output: Potential profile (Vpot(i), i = 1 .. xpoints), including Poisson function [Vpot] = PotentialProfileWithPoisson(xpoints, x, dx, Lx, NBarrier, V, Vbias, NDoping, eps1, eps2); %NDoping=NDoping*100; %*100 to fix potential profile to look like Tsu echarge = 1.6021764e-19; %electron charge (C) d2 = Lx(NBarrier+1); %total width of potential profile (m) d1 = -(eps1*d2)/(2.0*eps2)+sqrt(Vbias/echarge*eps1/NDoping+(eps1*d2)/(2.0*eps2)*(eps1*d2)/(2.0*eps2)); %width of charge accumulation/depletion region q = Vbias/(d1/eps1+d2/eps2);%precalculate parameter V1 = q*d1/(2.0*eps1); %depth of charge accumulation/depletion well V2 = q*d2/eps2; %potential decrease along potential profile for i = 1 : 1 : xpoints if x(i) < -d1 Vpot(i) = 0.0; end if x(i) >= -d1 if x(i) < 0 Vpot(i) = -q/(2.0*eps1*d1)*(x(i)+d1)*(x(i)+d1); %form of potential profile in the negative charge accumulation %region at the left electrode end end if x(i) >= 0.0 if x(i) < d2 for k = 1 : 1 : NBarrier if x(i) >= Lx(k) if x(i) < Lx(k+1) Vpot(i) = V(k); end end end Vpot(i) = Vpot(i) - V1 - V2/d2*x(i); %potential decrease along the barrier end end if x(i) >= d2 if x(i) < d2+d1 Vpot(i) = -Vbias + q/(2.0*eps1*d1)*(x(i)-(d2+d1))*(x(i)-(d2+d1)); %form of potential profile in the positive charge accumulation %region at the right electrode end end if x(i) >= d2+d1 Vpot(i) = -Vbias; end end