2 On the New page click Model Wizard () then click the 2D Axisymmetric button (
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3 On the Select Physics page under Mathematics>Quantum Mechanics click Schrodinger Equation (scheq) ().
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2 Add a Circle (). In the Settings window under Size and Shape, in the Radius field enter 3e-9 (3 nm). In the Sector angle field enter 180.
3 Under Position from the Base list select Center. In the r field enter 0 and in the z field enter 0, which centers the circle at the origin.
4 Under Rotation Angle, in the Rotation field, enter -90 degrees to create a semicircle in the right half-plane.
5 Click Geometry 1, and add a Circle (). In the Settings window under Size and Shape, in the Radius field enter 0.5e-9 (0.5 nm). In the Sector angle field enter 180.
6 Under Position from the Base list select Center. In the r field enter 0 and in the z field enter 0, which centers the circle at the origin.
7 Under Rotation Angle, in the Rotation field, enter -90 degrees to create a semicircle in the right half-plane.
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1 Click the Schrodinger Equation Model node. In the Settings window the default in the Reduced mass field is the electron mass, me.
2 In the Potential energy field enter the following expression:where e_const and epsilon0_const are built-in physical constants for the electron charge and the permittivity of vacuum, respectively. sqrt(r^2+z^2) is the distance r from the origin. This expression is the potential energy in Equation 4-3.
3 Verify that the default boundary conditions are correct. Click the Axial Symmetry node and confirm it applies to the symmetry boundaries at r = 0. Click the Zero Probability node to confirm it applies to the exterior boundaries of the geometry.
1 Right-click the Mesh node () and select Size (
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5 In the Element Size Parameters section, select the Maximum element size check box and enter 0.05e-9 in the corresponding field to use a mesh size no larger than 0.05 nm in domain 2.
6 Right-click the Mesh node () and select Free Triangular (
) to add a node that meshes domain 2 using the specified mesh size.
7 Click the top Size node. In its Settings window click to expand the Element Size Parameters section.
8 In the Maximum element growth rate field replace the default with 1.1 to make the mesh size grow more slowly toward the perimeter of the geometry.
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3 By default, COMSOL Multiphysics shows a surface plot of the probability density function ⏐Ψ⏐2 for the first eigenmode. In the Settings window for the Probability Density plot, you can also click the Replace Expression button () and select Schrodinger Equation>Wave function (psi) to plot the variable psi, which is the complex-valued wave function for the electron position.