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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

Results are presented for the quench dynamics of a clean and interacting electron system, where the quench involves varying the strength of the attractive interaction along arbitrary quench trajectories. The initial state before the quench…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-09-04 Yonah Lemonik , Aditi Mitra

Using non-equilibrium Green's functions, we derive a formula for the electron current through a lead-molecule-lead nanojunction where the interactions are not restricted to the central region, but are spread throughout the system, including…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 H. Ness , L. K. Dash

A microscopic theory of the transport properties of quantum point contacts giving a unified description of the normal conductor- superconductor (N-S) and superconductor-superconductor (S-S) cases is presented. It is based on a model…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 J. C. Cuevas , A. Martin-Rodero , A. Levy Yeyati

This work develops simulation methods that enable the application of the variational quantum linear solver (VQLS) to simulate quantum transport in nanoscale semiconductor devices. Most previous work on VQLS applications in semiconductor…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-10 Qimao Yang , Jing Guo

We review a semi-classical transport theory for non-Abelian plasmas based on a classical picture of coloured point particles. Within this formalism, kinetic equations for the mean particle distribution, the mean fields and their…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 Daniel F. Litim , Cristina Manuel

We show that mid infrared transmission spectroscopy of a quantum cascade laser provides clear cut information on changes in charge location at different bias. Theoretical simulations of the evolution of the gain/absorption spectrum for the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-12-05 R. Nelander , A. Wacker , M. F. Pereira , D. G. Revin , M. R. Soulby , L. R. Wilson , J. W. Cockburn , A. B. Krysa , J. S. Roberts , R. J. Airey

In this paper we have calculated electron transport coefficient in ballistic regime through a periodic dot sandwiched between uniform leads. We have calculated the Green's function (GF), density of states (Dos) and the coherent transmission…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-08-31 Mohammad Mardaani , Keivan Esfarjani

We investigate nonlinear transport properties of quantum conductors in response to both electrical and thermal driving forces. Within scattering approach, we determine the nonequilibrium screening potential of a generic mesoscopic system…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-01-16 David Sanchez , Rosa Lopez

We present an efficient numerical approach for treating ballistic quantum transport across devices described by tight binding (TB) Hamiltonians designated to systems with localized potential defects. The method is based on the wave function…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 K. Kolasiński , A. Mreńca-Kolasińska , B. Szafran

We present a set of modified quantum rate equations, with the help of the nonequilibrium Green's function and slave-particle techniques along with the correct quantization, for description of the quantum transport through an interacting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Bing Dong , H. L. Cui , X. L. Lei

Within a relativistic real-time Green's function formalism, a quantum transport equation for the phase-space distribution function is derived without a quasi-particle approximation. Dissipation is due to a nonzero spectral width, and can be…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-07-19 P. A. Henning

We present a numerically efficient density-matrix model applicable to midinfrared quantum cascade lasers. The model is based on a Markovian master equation for the density matrix that includes in-plane dynamics, preserves positivity of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-24 S. Soleimanikahnoj , O. Jonasson , F. Karimi , I. Knezevic

The fully self-consistent non-equilibrium Green functions (NEGFs) approach to the quantum transport is developed for the investigation of one-dimensional nano-scale devices. Numerical calculations performed for resonant tunneling diodes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Van Nam Do , Philippe Dollfus , Van Lien Nguyen

Transport properties of strongly correlated quantum systems are of central interest in condensed matter, ultracold atoms and in dense plasmas. There, the proper treatment of strong correlations poses a great challenge to theory. Here, we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-03-06 M. Bonitz , N. Schluenzen , S. Hermanns

We describe microscopic theory for the quantum transport through finite interacting systems connected to noninteracting leads. It can be applied to small systems such as quantum dots, quantum wires, atomic chain, molecule, and so forth. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Akira Oguri

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

We present a quaternion inspired formalism specifically developed to evaluate the intensity of the electrical current that traverses a single molecule connected to two semi-infinite electrodes as the applied external bias is varied. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-01-18 Augusto C. L. Moreira , Celso P. de Melo

We solve the collisionless transport equations of a quark-gluon plasma interacting through mean chromodynamic fields. The system is assumed to be translation invariant in one or more space-time directions. We present exact solutions that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Cristina Manuel , Stanislaw Mrowczynski

Based on the nonequilibrium Green's function technique, a unified theory is developed that covers quantum transport and quantum diffusion in bulk semiconductors on the same footing. This approach, which is applicable to transport via…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-13 P. Kleinert