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We apply a quantum transport theory based on nonequilibrium Green's functions to quantum cascade laser (QCL) structures, treating simultaneously the transmission through the injector regions and the relaxation due to scattering in the…

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The interaction with time-dependent external fields, especially the interplay between time-dependent driving and quantum correlations, changes the familiar picture of electron transport through nanoscale systems. Although the exact solution…

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The problem of nonlinear transport in a two dimensional superconductor with an applied oscillating electric field is solved by the holographic method. The complex conductivity can be computed from the dynamics of the current for both near-…

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We study the spin-charge coupled transport in a two-dimensional electron system using the method of quasiclassical ($\xi$-integrated) Green's functions. In particular we derive the Eilenberger equation in the presence of a generic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Roberto Raimondi , Cosimo Gorini , Peter Schwab , Michael Dzierzawa

An efficient computational methodology is used to explore charge transport properties in chemically-modified (and randomly disordered) graphene-based materials. The Hamiltonians of various complex forms of graphene are constructed using…

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We develop a finite-element technique that allows one to evaluate correction of the order of $G_Q$ to various transport characteristics of arbitrary nanostructures. Common examples of such corrections are weak localization effect on…

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We present an ab initio inelastic quantum transport approach based on maximally localized Wannier functions. Electronic-structure properties are calculated with density-functional theory in a planewave basis, and electron-vibration coupling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-12 Sejoong Kim , Nicola Marzari

The performance potential for simulating quantum electron transport on graphical processing units (GPUs) is studied. Using graphene ribbons of realistic sizes as an example it is shown that GPUs provide significant speed-ups in comparison…

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The use of ensemble Monte Carlo (EMC) methods for the simulation of transport in semiconductor devices has become extensive over the past few decades. This method allows for simulation utilizing particles while addressing the full physics…

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Despite the importance of Si:P delta-doped wires for modern nanoelectronics, there are currently no computational models of electron transport in these devices. In this paper we present a nonequilibrium Green's function model for electronic…

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Non-equilibrium transport in hybrid semiconductor-superconductor nanowires is crucial for many quantum phenomena such as generating entangled states via cross Andreev reflection (CAR) processes, detecting topological superconductivity,…

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We discuss the general transport properties of superconducting quantum point contacts. We show how these properties can be obtained from a microscopic model using nonequilibrium Green function techniques. For the case of a one-channel…

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We present a computationally tractable scheme of time-dependent transport phenomena within open-boundary time-dependent density-functional-theory. Within this approach all the response properties of a system are determined from the…

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This review deals with the nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method applied to the problems of energy transport due to atomic vibrations (phonons), primarily for small junction systems. We present a pedagogical introduction to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-28 Jian-Sheng Wang , Bijay Kumar Agarwalla , Huanan Li , Juzar Thingna

In semi-classical transport, it has become common practice over the past few decades to use ensemble Monte Carlo (EMC) methods for the simulation of transport in semiconductor devices. This method utilizes particles while still addressing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-31 David K. Ferry

We study electronic transport through a quantum point contact, where the interaction between the electrons is approximated by a contact potential. Our numerical approach is based on the non-equilibrium Green function technique which is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andreas Lassl , Peter Schlagheck , Klaus Richter

In realistic nanoelectronics, disordered impurities/defects are inevitable and play important roles in electron transport. However, due to the lack of effective quantum transport method to do disorder average, the important effects of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-27 Jiawei Yan , Youqi Ke

To describe non-equilibrium transport processes in a quantum device with infinite baths, we propose to formulate the problems as a reduced-order problem. Starting with the Liouville-von Neumann equation for the density-matrix, the…

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