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List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

BIB ... Blocked impurity band
BTE ... Boltzmann transport equation
BZ ... Brillouin zone
CMOS ... Complementary MOS
EPM ... Empirical pseudopotential method
FBMC ... Monte Carlo simulation based on full-band structure
FET ... Field-effect transistor
HH ... heavy hole
ITRS ... International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
IR ... Infrared
LH ... light hole
MC ... Monte Carlo
MOS ... Metal-oxide-semiconductor
MOSFET ... Metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
SO ... split-off band
TCAD ... Technology Computer Aided Design
UTB ... Ultra-thin-body
VMC ... Vienna Monte Carlo simulator


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G. Karlowatz: Advanced Monte Carlo Simulation for Semiconductor Devices