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We report a scattering matrix theory for dynamic and nonlinear transport in coherent mesoscopic conductors. In general this theory allows predictions of low frequency linear dynamic conductance, as well as weakly nonlinear DC conductance.…
A theory of the dynamical conductance of mesoscopic conductors is presented. It is applied to mesoscopic capacitors, resonant double barriers, ballistic wires, metallic diffusive wires, and to the Corbino disk and the Hall bar in quantizing…
Quantum transport in the presence of time-dependent drives is dominated by quantum interference and many-body effects at low temperatures. For a periodic driving, the analysis of the full counting statistics revealed the elementary events…
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