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Electronic transport properties through some model quantum systems are re-visited. A simple tight-binding framework is given to describe the systems where all numerical calculations are made using the Green's function formalism. First, we…
We study time-dependent quantum transport in a correlated model system by means of time-propagation of the Kadanoff-Baym equations for the nonequilibrium many-body Green function. We consider an initially contacted equilibrium system of a…
A dynamic 3D Green's function for the homogeneous, isotropic and viscoelastic (of the Zener type) half-space is derived in a closed form. The results obtained here can be used as either stand-alone solutions for simple problems or in…
Semiclassical methods are extremely valuable in the study of transport and thermodynamical properties of ballistic microstructures. By expressing the conductance in terms of classical trajectories, we demonstrate that quantum interference…
Recent experiments on mesoscopic normal-metal--superconductor heterostructures resolve properties on length scales and at low temperatures such that the temperature is below the Thouless energy $k_B T \le E_{Th}$. We describe the properties…
The environmental influence is inevitable but often ignored in the study of electronic transport properties of small-scale systems. Such an environment-mediated interaction can generally be described by a parity-time symmetric non-Hermitian…
Electrons in the active region of a nanostructure constitute an open many-body quantum system, interacting with contacts, phonons, and photons. We review the basic premises of the open system theory, focusing on the common approximations…
We investigate the inhomogeneous chiral dynamics of the O(4) linear sigma model in 1+1 dimensions using the time dependent variational approach in the space spanned by the squeezed states. We compare two cases, with and without the Gaussian…
We address the problem of measuring time-properties of Response Functions (Green functions) in Gaussian models (Orszag-McLaughin) and strongly non-Gaussian models (shell models for turbulence). We introduce the concept of {\it halving time…
We present a Non-Equilibrium Green's Function based model for spin torque transfer (STT) devices which provides quantitative agreement with experimentally measured (1) differential resistances, (2) Magnetoresistance (MR), (3) In-plane…
Quantization of electrodynamics in curved space-time in the Lorenz gauge and with arbitrary gauge parameter makes it necessary to study Green functions of non-minimal operators with variable coefficients. Starting from the integral…
The real-time dynamics of interacting electrons out of equilibrium contains detailed microscopic information about electronically correlated materials, which can be read out with time-resolved optical spectroscopy. The reflectivity that is…
In a recent paper [1] the scattering and transport of excess electrons in liquid argon in the hydrodynamic regime was investigated, generalizing the seminal works of Lekner and Cohen [2,3] with modern scattering theory techniques and…
The linear laws of transport phenomena are central in our description of irreversible processes in systems across the physical sciences. Linear irreversible thermodynamics allows for the identification of the underlying forces driving…
Using non-equilibrium Green's functions combined with many-body perturbation theory, we have calculated steady-state densities and currents through short interacting chains subject to a finite electric bias. By using a steady-state…
We study the ac charge and -spin transport through an orbital of a magnetic molecule with spin precessing in a constant magnetic field. We assume that the source and drain contacts have time-dependent chemical potentials. We employ the…
Green function techniques for studying nonequilibrium processes in dirty two-band superconductors are discussed. Perturbation expansions and Green function equations are developed. A time dependent modification of the Usadel equation is…
Gain in current-driven semiconductor heterostructure devices is calculated within the theory of nonequilibrium Green functions. In order to treat the nonequilibrium distribution self-consistently the full two-time structure of the theory is…
We propose a fast and versatile algorithm to calculate local and transport properties such as conductance, shot noise, local density of state or local currents in mesoscopic quantum systems. Within the non equilibrium Green function…
We review some known facts in the transport theory of mesoscopic systems, including counting statistics, and discuss its relation with the mathematical treatment of open systems.