Quantum
Mechanical &
Electromagnetic
Systems
Modelling Lab
Welcome to quest !
quest is an academic research lab at the prestigious Ghent University and the world-renowned R&D centre imec. Together with our academic and industrial partners, our mission is to advance science in the domain of quantum mechanical and electromagnetic modelling, simulation and design of (nano)electronic devices and systems. We also strongly believe and invest in the education and training of young engineers and scientists in this exciting field of research.
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Our research topics
QM(*) and hybrid QM/EM(**) modelling of nanodevices
EM modelling of interconnects, packages, and devices
EM modelling for scattering and antenna systems
Electromagnetic Compatibility, Signal and Power Integrity
Uncertainty quantification of (nano)devices and systems
Optimization and design of (nano)devices and systems
(*) QM: quantum mechanical / (**) EM: electromagnetic
Latest
Publications
These are our most recent publications. For a complete overview, please click on the link below.
Full-Wave Broadband Characterization of On-Chip Passives Subject to Etching Effects Using a Vectorial Unified Transform for Polyhedral Geometries
This paper presents a generalized formulation of the differential surface admittance (DSA) operator for three-dimensional electromagnetic analysis of arbitrary polyhedral
An FDTD-TDDFT method for the EM/QM co-simulation of nanowire systems in the Lorenz gauge
Real-time time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) constitutes a cornerstone in the modeling of nanoscale materials. Although numerous application areas have