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List of Publications

• [P1] M. Kampl and H. Kosina. “Investigation of Hot-carrier Effects Using a Backward Monte Carlo Method and Full Bands”. In: Conference Proceedings of International Workshop on Computational Nanotechnology. 2017, pp. 147–148.

• [P2] M. Kampl, H. Kosina, and O. Baumgartner. “Hot Carrier Study Including e-e Scattering Based on a Backward Monte Carlo Method”. In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices. 2017, pp. 293–296.

• [P3] M. Kampl. “Implementation of a backward Monte Carlo algorithm to investigate hot carriers in semiconductor devices”. MA thesis. Technische Universität Wien, 2015.

• [P4] M. Kampl and H. Kosina. “The backward Monte Carlo method for semiconductor device simulation”. In: Journal of Computational Electronics 17.4 (Dec. 2018), pp. 1492–1504. issn: 1572-8137. doi: 10.1007/s10825-018-1225-6. url: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10825-018-1225-6.

• [P5] H. Kosina and M. Kampl. “Effect of Electron-Electron Scattering on the Carrier Distribution in Semiconductor Devices”. In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices. 2018, pp. 18–21.

• [P6] H. Kosina and M. Kampl. “Current Estimation in Backward Monte Carlo Simulations”. In: Conference Proceedings of International Workshop on Computational Nanotechnology. 2019, accepted.

Hiermit erkläre ich, dass die vorliegende Arbeit gemäß dem Code of Conduct – Regeln zur Sicherung guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis (in der aktuellen Fassung des jeweiligen Mitteilungsblattes der TU Wien), insbesondere ohne unzulässige Hilfe Dritter und ohne Benutzung anderer als der angegebenen Hilfsmittel, angefertigt wurde. Die aus anderen Quellen direkt oder indirekt übernommenen Daten und Konzepte sind unter Angabe der Quelle gekennzeichnet.

Die Arbeit wurde bisher weder im In– noch im Ausland in gleicher oder in ähnlicher Form in anderen Prüfungsverfahren vorgelegt.

Datum   Markus Kampl