Simulations of charge transport via hopping in lithium niobate

At the moment, we are using virtual machines to conduct systematic Monte Carlo simulations dedicated to the study of materials for applications in the field of photonics. The simulations aim to reproduce charge transport in lithium niobate while varying the concentration of defects in the material, temperature, and other microscopic parameters.

These simulations require between one and two weeks of computation as a large statistic is necessary to obtain good results. For us, the most important functionality at the moment is the ability to run a simulation with a different parameter configuration on each virtual machine in order to minimize the time for this study.

Dott. Laura Vittadello, Dott. Marco Bazzan