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We introduce a quantum dot orbital tight-binding non-equilibrium Green's function approach for the simulation of novel solar cell devices where both absorption and conduction are mediated by quantum dot states. By the use of basis states…
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This article reviews the application of the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism to the simulation of novel photovoltaic devices utilizing quantum confinement effects in low dimensional absorber structures. It covers well-known…
A theoretical model using electron-phonon scattering rate equations is developed for assessing carrier thermalization under steady-state conditions in two-dimensional systems. The model is applied to investigate the hot carrier effect in…
The aim of this work is to study the non-equilibrium dynamics of electrons in a coupled quantum well pair. To achieve this aim, we consider a non-symmetric distribution of electrons in a double quantum well. We derive the nonlinear…
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The growth-diection quantization of confined electron gas in a GaAs/AlGaAs based quantum well structure is obtained in the Kohn-Sham iterative computational scheme. The longitudinal conductance at low temperatures, in the presence of…
We present a theoretical study of a mesoscopic two-dimensional electron gas confined in a double quantum well that is coupled to a uniform quasi-static cavity mode via fluctuations of the dipole moment. We focus on the regime of large…
Two-dimensional (2D) device structures have recently attracted considerable attention. Here, we show that most 2D device structures, regardless vertical or lateral, act as a lateral monolayer-bilayer-monolayer junction in their operation.…
We extend the concept of the multichannel Dyson equation that we have recently derived to model photoemission spectra by coupling the one- and the three-body Green's functions, to higher-order Green's functions and to other spectroscopies.…
We employ the multi-configuration time-dependent Hartree method for bosons (MCTDHB) in order to investigate the correlated non-equilibrium quantum dynamics of two bosons confined in two colliding and uniformly accelerated Gaussian wells. As…
We develop in detail a new formalism [as a sequel to the work of T. Champel and S. Florens, Phys. Rev. B 75, 245326 (2007)] that is well-suited for treating quantum problems involving slowly-varying potentials at high magnetic fields in…
Resonant electron transport through a mesoscopic region (quantum dot or single molecule) with electron-phonon interaction is considered at finite voltage. In this case the standard Landauer-B\"uttiker approach cannot be applied. Using the…