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We investigate the transport properties through a nanostructure composed of parallel double quantum dots coupled to two normal contacts. Additionally, each quantum dot is connected to a topological superconducting nanowire, hosting Majorana…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-01 A. P. Garrido , D. Zambrano , J. P. Ramos-Andrade , P. A. Orellana

We generalize our recent results for the boundary and interface charges in one-dimensional single-channel continuum [Phys. Rev. B 104, 155409 (2021)] and multichannel tight-binding [Phys. Rev. B 104, 125447 (2021)] models to the realm of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-19 Kiryl Piasotski , Niclas Müller , Dante M. Kennes , Herbert Schoeller , Mikhail Pletyukhov

We develop Green's function formalism to describe continuous multi-layered quasi-one-dimensional setups described by piece-wise constant single-particle Hamiltonians. The Hamiltonians of the individual layers are assumed to be quadratic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-28 Kiryl Piasotski , Mikhail Pletyukhov , Alexander Shnirman

Topological insulators and superconductors are characterized by their gapless boundary modes. In this paper, we develop a recursive approach to the boundary Green function which encodes this nontrivial boundary physics. Our approach…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-28 Yang Peng , Yimu Bao , Felix von Oppen

In this work, we propose an efficient computational scheme for first-principle quantum transport simulations to evaluate the open-boundary conditions. Its partitioning differentiates from conventional methods in that the contact self-energy…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-01-01 Guido Gandus , Youseung Lee , Daniele Passerone , Mathieu Luisier

This work presents a Green's function approach, originally implemented in graphene with well-defined edges, to the surface of a strong 3D Topological Insulator (TI) with a sequence of proximitized superconducting (S) and ferromagnetic (F)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-01 Oscar E. Casas , Shirley Gómez Páez , William J. Herrera

The single-particle Green's function (GF) of mesoscopic structures plays a central role in mesoscopic quantum transport. The recursive GF technique is a standard tool to compute this quantity numerically, but it lacks physical transparency…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-22 Shu-Hui Zhang , Wen Yang , Kai Chang

This paper proposes an efficient boundary-integral based "windowed Green function" methodology (WGF) for the numerical solution of three-dimensional electromagnetic problems containing dielectric waveguides. The approach, which generalizes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-25 Emmanuel Garza , Constantine Sideris , Oscar P. Bruno

This work presents a novel approach to describe spectral properties of graphene layers with well defined edges. We microscopically analyze the boundary problem for the continuous Bogoliubov-de Gennes-Dirac (BdGD) equations and derive the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-04-01 William J. Herrera , P. Burset , A. Levy Yeyati

The spin-incoherent regime of one-dimensional electrons has recently been explored using the Bethe ansatz and a bosonized path integral approach, revealing that the spin incoherence dramatically influences the correlations of charge…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-10-23 Paata Kakashvili , Henrik Johannesson

The non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method with B\"uttiker probe scattering self-energies is assessed by comparing its predictions for the thermal boundary resistance with molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. For simplicity, the…

We theoretically investigate electronic transport through a junction where a quantum dot (QD) is tunnel coupled on both sides to semiconductor nanowires with strong spin-orbit interaction and proximity-induced superconductivity. The results…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-12-09 Guang-Yao Huang , Martin Leijnse , Karsten Flensberg , Hongqi Xu

We demonstrate an efficient nonequilibrium Green's function transport calculation procedure based on the real-space finite-difference method. The direct inversion of matrices for obtaining the self-energy terms of electrodes is…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-01-09 Tomoya Ono , Yoshiyuki Egami , Kikuji Hirose

In this minireview, we outline the recent experimental and theoretical progress in the creation, characterization and manipulation of Majorana bound states (MBSs) in semiconductor-superconductor (SC) hybrid structures. After an introductory…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-10 Alexander Schuray , Daniel Frombach , Sunghun Park , Patrik Recher

We show that the boundary charge and spin can be used as alternative signatures of the topological phase transition in topological models such as semiconducting nanowires with strong Rashba spin-orbit interaction in the presence of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-17 Marcel Serina , Daniel Loss , Jelena Klinovaja

In this article we derive the lattice Green Functions (GFs) of graphene using a Tight Binding Hamiltonian incorporating both first and second nearest neighbour hoppings and allowing for a non-orthogonal electron wavefunction overlap. It is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 James A. Lawlor , Mauro S. Ferreira

The boundary charge that accumulates at the edge of a one-dimensional single-channel insulator is known to possess the universal property, that its change under a lattice shift towards the edge by one site is given by the sum of the average…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-04 Niclas Müller , Kiryl Piasotski , Dante M. Kennes , Herbert Schoeller , Mikhail Pletyukhov

The electronic properties of junctions defined electrostatically on twisted bilayer graphene can be addressed theoretically using lattice models. Recent works have introduced minimal local orbital models to describe twisted bilayer graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 M. Alvarado , A. Levy Yeyati

Transport properties of 2D materials especially close to their boundary has received much attention after the successful fabrication of graphene and other fascinating materials afterwards. While most previous work is devoted to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-15 Fanbing Xia , Jian Wang

We describe how to apply the recursive Green's function method to the computation of electronic transport properties of graphene sheets and nanoribbons in the linear response regime. This method allows for an amenable inclusion of several…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-18 Caio H. Lewenkopf , Eduardo R. Mucciolo
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