Mesoscopic transport beyond linear response
Condensed Matter
2009-10-22 v2
Abstract
We present an approach to steady-state mesoscopic transport based on the maximum entropy principle formulation of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. Our approach is not limited to the linear response regime. We show that this approach yields the quantization observed in the integer quantum Hall effect at large currents, which until now has been unexplained. We also predict new behaviors of non-local resistances at large currents in the presence of dirty contacts.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9302008,
title = {Mesoscopic transport beyond linear response},
author = {O. Heinonen and M. D. Johnson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9302008},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
14 pages plus one figure (with an insert) (post-script codes appended), RevTeX 3.0, UCF-CM-93-004 (Revised)