Scattering induced current in a tight-binding band
Mathematical Physics
2015-05-20 v1 math.MP
Abstract
In the single band tight-binding approximation, we consider the transport properties of an electron in a homogeneous static electric field. We show that repeated interactions of the electron with two-level systems in thermal equilibrium suppress the Bloch oscillations and induce a steady current, the statistical properties of which we study.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1012.2657,
title = {Scattering induced current in a tight-binding band},
author = {Laurent Bruneau and Stephan De Bievre and Claude-Alain Pillet},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.2657},
year = {2015}
}