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An Introduction to Kinetic Monte Carlo Methods for Nano-scale Diffusion Process Modeling  

Hwang, Chi-Ok (Dept. of Electrical Eng. Inha Univ.)
Seo, Ji-Hyun (Dept. of Electrical Eng. Inha Univ.)
Kwon, Oh-Seob (Dept. of Electrical Eng. Inha Univ.)
Kim, Ki-Dong (Dept. of Electrical Eng. Inha Univ.)
Won, Tae-Young (Dept. of Electrical Eng. Inha Univ.)
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Abstract
In this paper, we introduce kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) methods for simulating diffusion process in nano-scale device fabrication. At first, we review kMC theory and backgrounds and give a simple point defect diffusion process modeling in thermal annealing after ion (electron) implantation into Si crystalline substrate to help understand kinetic Monte Carlo methods. kMC is a kind of Monte Carlo but can simulate time evolution of diffusion process through Poisson probabilistic process. In kMC diffusion process, instead of. solving differential reaction-diffusion equations via conventional finite difference or element methods, it is based on a series of chemical reaction (between atoms and/or defects) or diffusion events according to event rates of all possible events. Every event has its own event rate and time evolution of semiconductor diffusion process is directly simulated. Those event rates can be derived either directly from molecular dynamics (MD) or first-principles (ab-initio) calculations, or from experimental data.
Keywords
kinetic Monte Carlo; Diffusion; Atomistic process; modeling;
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