%0 Journal Article
%T Accuracy of transfer matrix approaches for solving the effective mass Schr£żdinger equation
%A Christian Jirauschek
%J Physics
%D 2011
%I arXiv
%R 10.1109/JQE.2009.2020998
%X The accuracy of different transfer matrix approaches, widely used to solve the stationary effective mass Schr\"{o}dinger equation for arbitrary one-dimensional potentials, is investigated analytically and numerically. Both the case of a constant and a position dependent effective mass are considered. Comparisons with a finite difference method are also performed. Based on analytical model potentials as well as self-consistent Schr\"{o}dinger-Poisson simulations of a heterostructure device, it is shown that a symmetrized transfer matrix approach yields a similar accuracy as the Airy function method at a significantly reduced numerical cost, moreover avoiding the numerical problems associated with Airy functions.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.3201v1