@Article{cmes.2009.042.107,
AUTHOR = {Mei-Jiau  Huang, Tung-Chun  Tsai, Liang-Chun  Liu, Ming-shan Jeng, Chang-Chung  Yang},
TITLE = {A fast Monte-Carlo Solver for Phonon Transport in Nanostructured Semiconductors},
JOURNAL = {Computer Modeling in Engineering \& Sciences},
VOLUME = {42},
YEAR = {2009},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {107--130},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/CMES/v42n2/25298},
ISSN = {1526-1506},
ABSTRACT = {We develop a Monte-Carlo simulator for phonon transport in nanostructured semiconductors, which solves the phonon Boltzmann transport equation under the gray medium approximation. Proper physical models for the phonon transmission/reflection at an interface between two different materials and proper numerical boundary conditions are designed and implemented carefully. Most of all, we take advantage of geometric symmetry that exists in a system to reduce the computational amount. The validity and accuracy of the proposed MC solver was successfully verified via a 1D transient conduction problem and the cross-plane (1D) and in-plane (2D) phonon transport problems associated with Si/Ge superlattice thin films.},
DOI = {10.3970/cmes.2009.042.107}
}