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We apply the Wigner function formalism to derive drift-diffusion transport equations for spin-polarized electrons in a III-V semiconductor single quantum well. Electron spin dynamics is controlled by the linear in momentum spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Semion Saikin

We present a numerical scheme for simulating the 2D quantum dynamics of a two-level particle gas with internal degrees of freedom such as spin, pseudo-spin, or a two-band electronic structure. We adopt the Wigner formulation of quantum…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-10 O. Morandi

We demonstrate a new method of simulation of nonstationary quantum processes, considering the tunneling of two {\it interacting identical particles}, represented by wave packets. The used method of quantum molecular dynamics (WMD) is based…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yu. E. Lozovik , A. V. Filinov , A. S. Arkhipov

We present a scheme for calculating coherent electron transport in atomic-scale contacts. The method combines a formally exact Green's function formalism with a mean-field description of the electronic structure based on the Kohn-Sham…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 K. S. Thygesen , K. W. Jacobsen

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

We first present how to do a computer simulation of Charge Density Waves using a driven harmonic oscillator model by a numerical scheme as initially formulated by Littlewood, and then afterwards use this to present how the dielectric model…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. W. Beckwith

We propose in this paper to derive and analyze a self-consistent model describing the diffusive transport in a nanowire. From a physical point of view, it describes the electron transport in an ultra-scaled confined structure, taking in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-05-19 Jourdana Clément , Nicolas Vauchelet

The transport properties of quantum dots with up to N=7 electrons ranging from the weak to the strong interacting regime are investigated via the projected Hartree-Fock technique. As interactions increase radial order develops in the dot,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-10-10 F. Cavaliere , U. De Giovannini , M. Sassetti , B. Kramer

We develop a neutrino transfer code for core-collapse simulations, that directly solves the multidimensional Boltzmann equations in full general relativity. We employ the discrete ordinate method, which discretizes the six dimensional phase…

A relativistic Wigner function for free Discrete Time Quantum Walks (DTQWs) on the square $2D$ space-time lattice is defined. Useful concepts such as discrete derivatives and discrete distributions are also introduced. The transport…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-05 Fabrice Debbasch

We present a numerical scheme to solve the Wigner equation, based on a lattice discretization of momentum space. The moments of the Wigner function are recovered exactly, up to the desired order given by the number of discrete momenta…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-08-31 Sergio Solorzano , Miller Mendoza , Sauro Succi , Hans Herrmann

We present a time-saving simulator within the framework of the density functional theory to calculate the transport properties of electrons through nanostructures suspended between semi-infinite electrodes. By introducing the Fourier…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-20 Yoshiyuki Egami , Kikuji Hirose , Tomoya Ono

We report on a high-fidelity digital quantum simulation of Wigner localisation in a quasi-one-dimensional (quasi-1D) electron system using a 6-qubit segment of the state-of-the-art \textbf{IBM\,Heron\,2} quantum processor. By mapping the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-06 Airat Kiiamov , Dmitrii Tayurskii

In this work we investigate the Wigner localization of two interacting electrons at very low density in two and three dimensions using the exact diagonalization of the many-body Hamiltonian. We use our recently developed method based on…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-10-13 Miguel Escobar Azor , Estefania Alves , Stefano Evangelisti , J. Arjan Berger

The theory of Bloch electron dynamics for carriers in homogeneous electric and magnetic fields of arbitrary time dependence is developed in the framework of the Liouville equation. The Wigner distribution function (WDF) is determined from…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-29 G. J. Iafrate , V. N. Sokolov , J. B. Krieger

Following Ref. [Oriols X 2007 Phys. Rev. Lett., 98 066803], an algorithm to deal with the exchange interaction in non-separable quantum systems is presented. The algorithm can be applied to fermions or bosons and, by construction, it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-08-05 A. Alarcón , S. Yaro , X. Cartoixà , X. Oriols

We study the large scale evolution of a scalar lattice excitation which satisfies a discrete wave-equation in three dimensions. We assume that the dispersion relation associated to the elastic coupling constants of the wave-equation is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-11-06 Lisa Harris , Jani Lukkarinen , Stefan Teufel , Florian Theil

We present a self-contained description of the wave-function matching (WFM) method to calculate electronic quantum transport properties of nanostructures using the Landauer-B\"uttiker approach. The method is based on a partition of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-28 Tatiane P. Santos , Leandro R. F. Lima , Caio H. Lewenkopf

We derive an analytical expression of a Wigner function that approximately describes the time evolution of the one-dimensional motion of a particle in a nonharmonic potential. Our method involves two exact frame transformations, accounting…

The quantum dissipative dynamics of a tunneling process through double barrier structures is investigated on the basis of a rigorous treatment for the first time. We employ a Caldeira-Leggett Hamiltonian with an effective potential…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-28 Atsunori Sakurai , Yoshitaka Tanimura