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Using orbital angular momentum (OAM) currents in nanoelectronics, for example, for magnetization manipulation via spin-orbit torque (SOT), represents a growing field known as "spin-orbitronics". Here, using the density functional theory…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-02-14 Poonam Kumari , Cyrille Barreteau , Alexander Smogunov

We construct a scattering theory of weakly nonlinear thermoelectric transport through sub-micron scale conductors. The theory incorporates the leading nonlinear contributions in temperature and voltage biases to the charge and heat…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Jonathan Meair , Philippe Jacquod

We have developed a multi-scale self-consistent method to study the charge conductivity of a porous system or a metallic matrix alloyed by randomly distributed nonmetallic grains and vacancies by incorporating Schr\"{o}dinger's equation and…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-02-16 Elham Sharafedini , Hossein Hamzehpour , Mohammad Alidoust

We investigate quantum coherence of electron spin transported through a semiconductor spintronic device, where spins are envisaged to be controlled by electrical means via spin-orbit interactions. To quantify the degree of spin coherence,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 Branislav K. Nikolic , Satofumi Souma

We employ the Wigner function formalism to simulate partially coherent, dissipative electron transport in biased semiconductor superlattices. We introduce a model collision integral with terms that describe energy dissipation, momentum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-26 O. Jonasson , I. Knezevic

While methods based on density-functional perturbation theory have dramatically improved our understanding of electron-phonon contributions to transport in materials, methods for accurately capturing electron-electron scattering relevant to…

The ab-initio theory of charge transport in semiconductors typically employs the lowest-order perturbation theory in which electrons interact with one phonon (1ph). This theory is accepted to be adequate to explain the low-field mobility of…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-02-08 Benjamin Hatanpää , Alexander Y. Choi , Peishi S. Cheng , Austin J. Minnich

We evaluate the electron transmission through a dangling-bond wire on Si(100)-H (2x1). Finite wires are modelled by decoupling semi-infinite Si electrodes from the dangling-bond wire with passivating H atoms. The calculations are performed…

We developed the self-consistent method for the calculation of the density of states $N(\epsilon)$ in the SF bilayers. It based on the quasi-classical Usadel equations and takes into account the suppression of superconductivity in the S…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 D. Yu. Gusakova , A. A. Golubov , M. Yu. Kupriyanov , A. Buzdin

Electronic transport in nanodevices is commonly studied theoretically and numerically within the Landauer-B\"uttiker formalism: a device is characterized by its scattering properties to and from reservoirs connected by perfect semi-infinite…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-11 George Datseris , Ragnar Fleischmann

AB-stacked bilayer graphene has emerged as a fascinating yet simple platform for exploring macroscopic quantum phenomena of correlated electrons. Unexpectedly, a phase with negative dR/dT has recently been observed when a large electric…

An approach is developed for the determination of the current flowing through a nanosize silicon-on-insulator (SOI) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET). The quantum mechanical features of the electron transport are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. D. Croitoru , V. N. Gladilin , V. M. Fomin , J. T. Devreese , W. Magnus , W. Schoenmaker , B. Soree

Coherent electron transport through a quantum channel in the presence of a general extended scattering potential is investigated using a T-matrix Lippmann-Schwinger approach. The formalism is applied to a quantum wire with Gaussian type…

We show that transport in low-dimensional carbon structures with finite concentrations of scatterers can be modeled by utilising scaling theory and effective cross sections. Our reults are based on large scale numerical simulations of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-01-06 Andreas Uppstu , Karri Saloriutta , Ari Harju , Martti Puska , Antti-Pekka Jauho

The problem of electron scattering on the one-dimensional complexes is considered. We propose a novel theoretical approach to solution of the transport problem for a quantum graph. In the frame of the developed approach the solution of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-09-01 Alexander F. Klinskikh , Anton V. Dolgikh , Peter A. Meleshenko , Sergey A. Sviridov

The quantum theory of conductivity of semiconductor objects, to which the quantum wells, wires and dots concern, is constructed. Average values of current and charge densities, induced by a weak electromagnetic field, are calculated. It is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 I. G. Lang , L. I. Korovin , J. A. de la Cruz Alcaz , S. T. Pavlov

A microscopic theory of the transport in a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) set-up is introduced for \pi-conjugated molecules on insulating films, based on the density matrix formalism. A key role is played in the theory by the energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-05-23 Sandra Sobczyk , Andrea Donarini , Milena Grifoni

Nanoelectronics requires the development of a priori technology evaluation for materials and device design that takes into account quantum physical effects and the explicit chemical nature at the atomic scale. Here, we present a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-04 Dimpy Sharma , Lida Ansari , Baruch Feldman , Marios Iakovidis , James Greer , Giorgos Fagas

In this article we propose two novel 3D finite element models, denoted method A and B, for electron and hole Drift-Diffusion (DD) current densities. Method A is based on a primal-mixed formulation of the DD model as a function of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-12-12 Aurelio Mauri , Andrea Bortolossi , Giovanni Novielli , Riccardo Sacco

After the seminal work of R. Landauer in 1957 relating the electrical resistance of a conductor to its scattering properties, much progress has been made in our ability to predict the performance of electron devices in the DC (stationary)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-22 Guillermo Albareda , Damiano Marian , Abdelilah Benali , Alfonso Alarcón , Simeon Moises , Xavier Oriols