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Multi-terminal transport setups allow to realize more complex measurements and functionalities (e.g., transistors) of nanoscale systems than the simple two-terminal arrangement. Here the steady-state density functional formalism (i-DFT) for…

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Near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT) between irregularly shaped dielectric particles made of SiO2 and morphology characterized by Gaussian random spheres is studied. Particles are modeled using the discrete system Green's function…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-01-16 Lindsay P. Walter , Eric J. Tervo , Mathieu Francoeur

In the present work, we have investigated the performances of L shaped Vertical broken bandgapheterostructureInSb InAsn-channel tunnel field effect transistors TFETs of 4 nm thin channel structures with the gate lengths of 20nm. We have…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-08-13 Bhupesh Bishnoi , Bahniman Ghosh

In recent years, predictive computational modeling has become a cornerstone for the study of fundamental electronic, optical, and thermal properties in complex forms of condensed matter, including Dirac and topological materials. The…

We present a combined theoretical approach to study the nonequilibrium transport properties of nanoscale systems coupled to metallic electrodes and exhibiting strong electron-phonon interactions. We use the Keldysh Green function formalism…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 R. C. Monreal , F. Flores , A. Martin-Rodero

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

A general form of the Hamiltonian for electrons confined to a curved one-dimensional (1D) channel with spin-orbit coupling (SOC) linear in momentum is rederived and is applied to a U-shaped channel. Discretizing the derived continuous 1D…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-08-31 Ming-Hao Liu , Jhih-Sheng Wu , Son-Hsien Chen , Ching-Ray Chang

We study electron transport through a quantum interferometer with side-coupled quantum dots. The interferometer, threaded by a magnetic flux $\phi$, is attached symmetrically to two semi-infinite one-dimensional metallic electrodes. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-12-17 Santanu K. Maiti

The Wave Function Matching (WFM) technique has recently been developed for the calculation of electronic transport in quantum two-probe systems. In terms of efficiency it is comparable with the widely used Green's function approach. The WFM…

Spin transport currents and the spin-transfer torques in voltage-biased superconducting-ferromagnetic nanopillars (SFNFS point contacts) are computed. We develop and implement an algorithm based on the Ricatti formulation of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-11-17 Erhai Zhao , J. A. Sauls

An emerging paradigm in modern electronics is that of CMOS + $\sf X$ requiring the integration of standard CMOS technology with novel materials and technologies denoted by $\sf X$. In this context, a crucial challenge is to develop accurate…

One of the key pathways towards scalability of spin-based quantum computing systems lies in achieving long-range interactions between electrons and increasing their inter-connectivity. Coherent spin transport is one of the most promising…

General nonequilibrium quantum transport equations are derived for a coupled system of charge carriers, Dirac spin, isospin (or valley spin), and pseudospin, such as either one of the band, layer, impurity, and boundary pseudospins.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-13 Felix A. Buot , Karla B. Rivero , Roland E. S. Otadoy

The quantum Hall effect in Graphene nano-ribbons (GNR) is investigated with the non-equilibrium Green s function (NEGF) based quantum transport model in the ballistic regime. The nearest neighbor tight-binding model based on pz orbital…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-01-09 Roksana Golizadeh-Mojarad , A. N. M. Zainuddin , Gerhard Klimeck , Supriyo Datta

We simulate the electron transport across the Au(111)-pentacene interface using non-equilibrium Green's functions and density-functional theory (NEGF-DFT), and calculate the bias-dependent electron transmission. We find that the electrical…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-06-13 Kurt Stokbro , Søren Smidstrup

Through the introduction of a new electron spin transport mechanism, a 2D donor electron spin quantum computer architecture is proposed. This design addresses major technical issues in the original Kane design, including spatial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-06-29 L. C. L. Hollenberg , A. D. Greentree , A. G. Fowler , C. J. Wellard

We present an application of a new formalism to treat the quantum transport properties of fully interacting nanoscale junctions [Phys. Rev. B {\bf 84}, 235428 (2011)]. We consider a model single-molecule nanojunction in the presence of two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-15 H. Ness , L. K. Dash

We investigate multi-terminal quantum transport through single monocyclic aromatic annulene molecules, and their derivatives, using the nonequilibrium Green function approach in the self-consistent Hartree-Fock approximation. A new device…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. M. Cardamone , C. A. Stafford , S. Mazumdar

The Quantum Fourier Transformation ($QFT$) is a key building block for a whole wealth of quantum algorithms. Despite its proven efficiency, only a few proof-of-principle demonstrations have been reported. Here we utilize $QFT$ to enhance…

Nonequilibrium electronic transport through a quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic leads (electrodes) is studied theoretically by the nonequilibrium Green function technique. The system is described by the Anderson model with arbitrary…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. Swirkowicz , M. Wilczynski , J. Barnas
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