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We study the tunneling transport through a nanojunction in the far-from-equilibrium regime at relatively low temperatures. We show that the current-voltage characteristics is significantly modified as compared to the usual quasi-equilibrium…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-04-25 A. Glatz , N. M. Chtchelkatchev , I. S. Beloborodov

In this review article, we present a non-equilibrium quantum transport theory for transient electron dynamics in nanodevices based on exact master equation derived with the path integral method in the fermion coherent-state representation.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-15 Pei-Yun Yang , Wei-Min Zhang

We study inelastic electron tunneling through a molecular junction using the non-equilibrium Green function (NEGF) formalism. The effect of the mutual influence between the phonon and the electron subsystems on the electron tunneling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Michael Galperin , Mark A. Ratner , Abraham Nitzan

We have formulated the problem of electron transport through interacting quantum dot system in the framework of self-consistent perturbation theory, and show that the current conservation condition is guaranteed due to the gauge invariant…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Guo-Hui Ding , Bing Dong

We investigate gradual development of the quasiparticle states in two quantum dots attached to opposite sides of the topological superconducting nanowire, hosting the boundary modes. Specifically, we explore the non-equilibrium…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-16 R. Taranko , K. Wrześniewski , I. Weymann , T. Domański

By using nonequilibrium Green's functions and the equation of motion method, we formulate a self-consistent field theory for the electron transport through a single molecular junction (SMJ) coupled with a vibrational mode. We show that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-28 Guo-Hui Ding , Bing Dong

A unified theory for the current through a nanoscale region of interacting electrons connected to two leads which can be either ferromagnet or superconductor is presented, yielding Meir-Wingreen-type formulas when applied to specific…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Z. Y. Zeng , Baowen Li , F. Claro

Working within the Nonequilibrium Green's Function (NEGF) formalism, a formula for the two-time current correlation function is derived for the case of transport through a nanojunction in response to an arbitrary time-dependent bias. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-03 Michael Ridley , Angus MacKinnon , Lev Kantorovich

In this work, a new theoretical approach to study the non-equilibrium transport properties of nanoscale systems coupled to metallic electrodes with strong electron-phonon interactions is presented. The proposed approach consists in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-31 R. Seoane Souto , A. Levy Yeyati , A. Martín-Rodero , R. C. Monreal

The interplay between interference effects and electron-electron interactions in electron transport through an interacting double quantum dot system is investigated using a hierarchical quantum master equation approach which becomes exact…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-24 R. Härtle , G. Cohen , D. R. Reichman , A. J. Millis

Spin and charge transport through a quantum dot coupled to external nonmagnetic leads is analyzed theoretically in terms of the non-equilibrium Green function formalism based on the equation of motion method. The dot is assumed to be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 R. Swirkowicz , J. Barnas , M. Wilczynski

Based on density functional theory (DFT), we have developed algorithms and a program code to investigate the electron transport characteristics for a variety of nanometer scaled devices in the presence of an external bias voltage. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-05-14 Woo Youn Kim , Kwang S. Kim

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

To assist the design of novel, highly efficient molecular junctions, a deep understanding of the precise charge transport mechanisms through these devices is of prime importance. In the present contribution, we describe a procedure to…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-01-13 Vincent Pohl , Lukas Eugen Marsoner Steinkasserer , Jean Christophe Tremblay

A time-dependent inelastic electron transport theory for strong electron-phonon interaction is established via the equations of motion method combined with the small polaron transformation. In this work, the dissipation via electron-phonon…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-21 Yu Zhang , ChiYung Yam , GuanHua Chen

The linear transport properties of a model molecular transistor with electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions were investigated analytically and numerically. The model takes into account phonon modulation of the electronic energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. S. Cornaglia , D. R. Grempel , H. Ness

We study the time-dependent transport of heat in a nanoscale thermal switch. The switch consists of left and right leads that are initially uncoupled. During switch-on the coupling between the leads is abruptly turned on. We use the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-02-10 Eduardo C. Cuansing , Jian-Sheng Wang

We develop a consistent method for calculating non-equilibrium Green's functions for a nano-sized dot coupled to electron reservoirs by tunneling. The leads are generally at different chemical potentials (non-equilibrium), and the dot may…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Jung Hoon Han

We investigate electron transport in disordered Hubbard chains contacted to macroscopic leads, via the non-equilibrium Green's functions technique. We observe a cross-over of currents and conductances at finite bias which depends on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Daniel Karlsson , Claudio Verdozzi