Aestimo Changelog
What's new in Aestimo 1.0
Feb 5, 2015- This version includes many bugfixes, new organization of the structure, wurtzite material using, lots of change in intersubband optical transitions module. Dielectric constants are now handled more accurately. Many tutorials are added in the form of an ipython notebooks. Code is heavily modified and stabilized with more than 60 commits. This version is the most feature rich and stable version so ever. For more please visit release notes. Also another aestimo version, which is called “elementary” is released. This version is easy to understand in terms of coding, and therefore it can be used in undergraduate/graduate courses and forking new solvers. There will be no any other release for the “elementary” version.
New in Aestimo 0.9 (Nov 11, 2013)
- This version includes many bugfixes, speed improvements, cython code additions, rewritten VBMAT-V part to use numpy better, merging conduction and valance band calculations and more. Code is heavily modified and stabilized.
New in Aestimo 0.8 (Sep 26, 2013)
- This version includes many new features, bugfixes and small corrections.
- The most important feature, which is added to Aestimo recently, is the implementation of strain included valence band calculation with 3×3 k.p model.
- Also, Numpy version is restructured, input file structure and sample inputs are changed and non-parabolicity of conduction band is implemented (Numpy version only).
- In addition, database is changed to a more clear-understable structure and exchange interaction potential is implemented (Numpy version only).
- Logging with timers, some customizations in config and a possibility of looping the simulation over a parameter are also the added to new version.
- Aestimo can work now with new materials InAs, InP, AlP, GaP and new alloys InGaAs, InGaP, AlInP in addition to GaAs and AlGaAs.