nextnano++ Documentation
The nextnano++ tool is a Schrödinger-Poisson-current solver and simulates quantum wells, quantum wires, quantum dots, …
Features of nextnano++ include:
includes group IV materials (Si, Ge, SiGe) and all III-V materials, its ternaries and quaternaries;
the nitrides are available in the zinc blende and wurtzite crystal structure
flexible structures and geometries (1D, 2D and 3D)
fully quantum mechanical electronic structure, based on the 8-band \(\mathbf{k} \cdot \mathbf{p}\) model
strain, piezo- and pyroelectric charges
growth directions along [001], [011], [111], [211], … in short along any crystallographic direction
equilibrium and non-equilibrium, calculation of current close to equilibrium (semi-classical)
magnetic fields
This tool is documented in following sections:
Getting Started
User Guide
References
Downloads
Last update: 2025/06/26