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Based on the nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF), we develop a quantum nonlinear theory to study time-dependent ac transport properties in the low frequency and nonlinear bias voltage regimes. By expanding NEGF in terms of time to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-07 Lei Zhang , Fuming Xu , Jian Chen , Yanxia Xing , Jian Wan

The interaction with time-dependent external fields, especially the interplay between time-dependent driving and quantum correlations, changes the familiar picture of electron transport through nanoscale systems. Although the exact solution…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-13 Thomas D. Honeychurch , Daniel S. Kosov

We study the steady-state current in a minimal model for a quantum dot dominated by charge fluctuations and analytically describe the time evolution into this state. The current is driven by a finite bias voltage V across the dot, and two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-07-08 C. Karrasch , S. Andergassen , M. Pletyukhov , D. Schuricht , L. Borda , V. Meden , H. Schoeller

We consider a Hamiltonian model for a quantum dot which is placed between two superconducting leads with a constant bias imposed between these leads. Using the non-equilibrium Keldysh technique, we focus on the subgap current, where it is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-12-02 Thibaut Jonckheere , Alex Zazunov , K. Bayandin , Vitaly Shumeiko , Thierry Martin

Consider (for simplicity) two one-dimensional semi-infinite leads coupled to a quantum well via time dependent point interactions. In the remote past the system is decoupled, and each of its components is at thermal equilibrium. In the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-09-24 Horia D. Cornean , Hagen Neidhardt , Valentin A. Zagrebnov

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

In this work we put forward an exact one-particle framework to study nano-scale Josephson junctions out of equilibrium and propose a propagation scheme to calculate the time-dependent current in response to an external applied bias. Using a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Gianluca Stefanucci , Enrico Perfetto , Michele Cini

We study the dynamics of two capacitively coupled quantum dots, each coupled to a lead. A Floquet Green's function approach described the system's dynamics, with the electron-electron interactions handled with the fluctuation-exchange…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-25 Thomas D. Honeychurch , Daniel S. Kosov

We apply the Nonequilibrium Green's Function (NEGF) formalism to the problem of a multi-terminal nanojunction subject to an arbitrary time-dependent bias. In particular, we show that taking a generic one-particle system Hamiltonian within…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-12-16 Michael Ridley , Angus MacKinnon , Lev Kantorovich

We formulate a semiclassical theory for electron transport in open quantum systems with electron-phonon interactions adequate for situations when the system's phonon dynamics is comparable with the electron transport timescale. Starting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-26 Maicol A. Ochoa

We propose powering a quantum clock with the non-thermal resources offered by the stationary state of an integrable quantum spin chain, driven out of equilibrium by a quench in a parameter of our choice. Analyzing the bias conditions of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-18 Daniele Nello , Alessandro Silva

We study the nonlinear elastic quantum electronic transport properties of nanoscopic devices using the Nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method. The Green's function method allows us to expand the $I-V$ characteristics of a given…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-07-14 Alexis R. Hernández , Caio H. Lewenkopf

Understanding of the electroluminescence (EL) mechanism in optoelectronic devices is important for further optimization of their efficiency and effectiveness. Here, a quantum mechanical approach is formulated for modeling EL processes in…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-12-29 Rulin Wang , Yu Zhang , Fuzhen Bi , GuanHua Chen , ChiYung Yam

We present a microscopic calculation of the nondissipative current through a superconducting quantum point contact coupled to a mechanical oscillator. Using the non-equilibrium Keldysh Green function approach, we determine the current-phase…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-07 R. Avriller , F. S. Bergeret , F. Pistolesi

We study the interacting quantum dot coupled to the normal and superconducting leads by means of a continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo method in the Keldysh-Nambu formalism. Deducing the steady current through the quantum dot under a finite…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-11-10 Akihisa Koga

We investigate time-dependent electron current through a quantum dot under external drive (pulses), coupled to leads at zero bias. Simple analytic expressions for current, generated by periodic pulses of any shape, are obtained without any…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-02 Shmuel Gurvitz

Shift current---a photocurrent induced by light irradiating noncentrosymmetric materials in the absence of any bias voltage or built-in electric field---is one of the mechanisms of the so-called bulk photovoltaic effect. It has been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-28 U. Bajpai , B. S. Popescu , P. Plechac , B. K. Nikolic , L. E. F. Foa Torres , H. Ishizuka , N. Nagaosa

We study a steady state non-equilibrium transport between two interacting helical edge states of a two dimensional topological insulator, described by helical Luttinger liquids, through a quantum dot. For non-interacting dot the current is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-09-02 Sung-Po Chao , Salman A. Silotri , Chung-Hou Chung

We discuss the use of tunneling electron current to control and catalyze chemical reactions. Assuming the separation of time scales for electronic and nuclear dynamics we employ the Langevin equation for the reaction coordinate. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-08-19 Alan A. Dzhioev , D. S. Kosov

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