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You can cite any of the following papers:

• nextnano: General Purpose 3-D Simulations
  S. Birner, T. Zibold, T. Andlauer, T. Kubis, M. Sabathil, A. Trellakis, P. Vogl
  IEEE Trans. Electron Dev. 54, 2137 (2007)
• The 3D nanometer device project nextnano: Concepts, methods, results
  A. Trellakis, T. Zibold, T. Andlauer, S. Birner, R. K. Smith, R. Morschl, P. Vogl
  J. Comput. Electron. 5, 285 (2006)

For simulations including electrolytes, you should cite:

• Theoretical model for the detection of charged proteins with a silicon-on-insulator sensor
  S. Birner, C. Uhl, M. Bayer, P. Vogl
  J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 107, 012002 (2008)

For simulations that use the Contact Block Reduction method (CBR) (ballistic transport), you should cite any of the following papers:

• Efficient method for the calculation of ballistic quantum transport
  D. Mamaluy, M. Sabathil, P. Vogl
  J. Appl. Phys. 93, 4628 (2003)
• Ballistic quantum transport using the contact block reduction (CBR) method - An introduction
  S. Birner, C. Schindler, P. Greck, M. Sabathil, P. Vogl
  J. Comput. Electron. 8, 267 (2009)

nextnano.MSB software: For simulations that use the multi-scattering Büttiker (MSB) probe model (NEGF), you should cite:

• Efficient method for the calculation of dissipative quantum transport in quantum cascade lasers
  P. Greck, S. Birner, B. Huber, P. Vogl
  Optics Express 23, 6587

nextnano.QCLsoftware: For simulations that use the NEGF method, you should cite:

• Contrasting influence of charged impurities on transport and gain in terahertz quantum cascade lasers
  T. Grange
  Phys. Rev. B 92, 241306(R) (2015)

For simulations that use the NEGF algorithm included in the nextnano³ software, you should cite any of these publications:

• Modeling techniques for quantum cascade lasers
  C. Jirauschek, T. Kubis
  Appl. Phys. Rev. 1, 011307 (2014)
• Theory of non-equilibrium quantum transport and energy dissipation in terahertz quantum cascade lasers
  T. Kubis, C. Yeh, P. Vogl, A. Benz, G. Fasching, C. Deutsch
  Phys. Rev. B 79, 195323 (2009)

There might be further papers in the literature that are more suited to be cited in certain cases.