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Electrostatics in semiconducting devices II: Solving the Helmholtz equation

Antonio Lacerda-Santos, Xavier Waintal

Mapping the self-consistent electrostatic problem to a non-linear Helmholtz equation permits provably convergent iterations that reach the exact solution in one or two steps.

arxiv:2507.03131 v5 · 2025-07-03 · cond-mat.mes-hall · physics.comp-ph

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We show that one can build iterative schemes that are provably convergent by constructing a convex functional whose minimum is the seeked solution of the NLH problem. In a second step, the approximation is lifted and the exact solution of the initial problem found by iteratively updating the NLH problem until convergence. We show empirically that convergence is achieved in a handfull, typically one or two, iterations.

C2weakest assumption

The self-consistent quantum-electrostatic problem can be mapped onto the Non-Linear Helmholtz equation at the cost of only a small error that is later removed by iterative lifting to the exact solution.

C3one line summary

Maps the quantum-electrostatic self-consistency problem to a non-linear Helmholtz equation, enabling construction of a convex functional for provable convergence that lifts to the exact solution in typically one or two iterations.

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[1] Electrostatics in semiconducting devices I : The Pure Electrostatics Self Consistent Approximation 2025 · arXiv:2502.15897
[2] A. Lacerda-Santos, C. Groth and X. Waintal, Electrostatics in semiconducting devices iii : The pescado open source library, In preparation (2025) 2025
[3] Computational quantum transport: a scattering approach perspective 2024 · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2407.16257
[4] C. W . Groth, M. Wimmer, A. R. Akhmerov and X. Waintal,Kwant: a software package for quantum transport, New Journal of Physics 16(6), 063065 (2014), doi:10.1088 /1367- 2630/16/6/063065 2014
[5] E. Chatzikyriakou, J. Wang, L. Mazzella, A. Lacerda-Santos, M. C. d. S. Figueira, A. Trel- lakis, S. Birner, T . Grange, C. Bäuerle and X. Waintal,Unveiling the charge distribution of a gaas-based nan 2022

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arxiv: 2507.03131 · arxiv_version: 2507.03131v5 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2507.03131 · pith_short_12: RREVMAP2WVDD · pith_short_16: RREVMAP2WVDDHBAS · pith_short_8: RREVMAP2
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