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We consider the problem of electron transport along a one-dimensional disordered multiple-scattering conductor, and study the electron density for all the electronic levels. A model is proposed for the reduced density matrix of the system…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2023-03-14 Gerardo Rivas , Miztli Yepez , Pier A. Mello

Dynamic charge transfers, or charge fluxes, generated by anharmonic phonon couplings have previously shown some fundamental connections with the pseudogap phase and other important phases in cuprate superconductors. The anharmonicity here…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-12-07 Xi Chen , Jianghui Pan , Jiahao Dong , Changkai Luo , Yuchuang Cao , Xin Li

We studied the phononic heat transfer through an atomic dielectric wire with both infinite and finite lengths by using a model Hamiltonian approach. At low temperature under ballistic transport, the thermal conductance contributed by each…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Buldum , S. Ciraci , C. Y. Fong

We study the behavior of shot noise in resonant tunneling junctions far from equilibrium. Quantum-coherent elastic charge transport can be characterized by a transmission function, that is the probability for an incoming electron at a given…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-19 Anqi Mu , Dvira Segal

The quantum transport in a narrow channel (NC) is studied in the presence of a time-dependent delta-profile electric field. The electric field is taken to be transversely polarized, with frequency $\omega$, causing inter-subband and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 C. S. Chu , C. S. Tang

We investigate the fluctuations of the time elapsed until the electric charge transferred through a conductor reaches a given threshold value. For this purpose, we measure the distribution of the first-passage times for the net number of…

Charge transport in disordered two-dimensional (2D) systems showcases a myriad of unique phenomenologies that highlight different aspects of the underlying quantum dynamics. Electrons in such systems undergo a crossover from ballistic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-18 H. P. Veiga , S. M. João , J. M. Alendouro Pinho , J. P. Santos Pires , J. M. Viana Parente Lopes

The thermodynamic uncertainty relation (TUR) is expected to hold in nanoscale electronic conductors, when the electron transport process is quantum coherent and the transmission probability is constant (energy and voltage independent). We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-20 Hava Meira Friedman , Bijay Kumar Agarwalla , Ofir Shein-Lumbroso , Oren Tal , Dvira Segal

We describe the nature of charge transport at non-zero temperatures ($T$) above the two-dimensional ($d$) superfluid-insulator quantum critical point. We argue that the transport is characterized by inelastic collisions among thermally…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-30 Kedar Damle , Subir Sachdev

A numerical renormalization-group survey of the zero-bias electrical conductance through a quantum dot embedded in the conduction path of a nanodevice is reported. The results are examined in the light of a recently derived linear mapping…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-01-13 Makoto Yoshida , Antonio C. Seridonio , Luiz N. Oliveira

The spontaneous breaking of time-translation symmetry in periodically driven quantum systems leads to a new phase of matter: discrete time crystals (DTC). This phase exhibits collective subharmonic oscillations that depend upon an interplay…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-04-21 Norman Y. Yao , Chetan Nayak , Leon Balents , Michael P. Zaletel

We theoretically study the electrical transport properties of a single level quantum dot connected to two normal conducting leads, which is coupled to the lattice vibrations. We determine the current through the quantum dot in two different…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-01 Levente Máthé , Ioan Grosu

We formulate a quantum master equation for the many-particle density matrix of electrons propagating through a single-mode conductor, combining elastic scattering by disorder with time-resolved projective measurements that monitor the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 J. Sánchez Fernán , J. Tworzydło , C. W. J. Beenakker

Low-temperature transport experiments on a p-type GaAs quantum dot capacitively coupled to a quantum point contact are presented. The time-averaged as well as time-resolved detection of charging events of the dot are demonstrated and they…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-15 Y. Komijani , T. Choi , F. Nichele , K. Ensslin , T. Ihn , D. Reuter , A. D. Wieck

One-dimensional quantized conductance is derived from the electrons in a homogeneous electric field by calculating the traveling time of the accelerated motion and the number of electrons in the one-dimensional region. As a result, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-25 Daiju Terasawa

Electrons in operating microelectronic semiconductor devices are accelerated by locally varying strong electric field to acquire effective electron temperatures nonuniformly distributing in nanoscales and largely exceeding the temperature…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Le Yang , Ruijie Qian , Zhenghua An , Susumu Komiyama , Wei Lu

We derive simple expressions that relate the noise and correlation properties of a general time-dependent quantum conductor to the wave functions of the system. The formalism provides a practical route for numerical calculations of quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-22 Benoit Gaury , Xavier Waintal

Quantum correlation and hot-carrier transport represent two fundamentally distinct regimes of electronic conduction, rarely accessible within the same device. Here, we report a state-of-the-art monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 Debottam Daw , Houcine Bouzid , Sung-Gyu Lee , Wujoon Cha , Ki Kang Kim , Min-kyu Joo , Yan Wang , Manish Chhowalla , Young Hee Lee

Charge transfer in collisions of Na_n^+ cluster ions with Cs atoms is investigated theoretically in the microscopic framework of non-adiabatic quantum molecular dynamics. The competing reaction channels and related processes affecting the…

Atomic and Molecular Clusters · Physics 2007-05-23 O. Knospe , J. Jellinek , U. Saalmann , R. Schmidt

A model is developed describing the energy distribution of quasi-particles in a quasi-one dimensional, normal metal wire, where the transport is diffusive, connected between equilibrium reservoirs. When an ac bias is applied to the wire by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-20 Robbert-Jan Dikken