940 research outputs found
Nonequilibrium Green function modelling of transport in mesoscopic systems
A generalized Landauer formula, derived with the methods due to Keldysh, and
Baym and Kadanoff, is gaining widespread use in the modeling of transport in a
large number of different mesoscopic systems. We review some of the recent
developments, including transport in semiconductor superlattices, calculation
of noise, and nanoelectromechanical systems.Comment: Contribution to "Progress in Nonequilibrium Green Functions",
Dresden, Germany, 19-22 August, Editor: Michael Bonit
Time-dependent transport in interacting mesoscopic systems
We review recent applications of the nonequilibrium Green function technique
to time-dependent transport in mesoscopic systems.Comment: Submitted to "Progress in Nonequilibrium Green's Functions", Ed. M.
Bonitz, World Scientific; 24 pages, 7 figures, uses sprocl.sty (included)
Revised version (misprints corrected, added two references
Signatures of adatom effects in the quasiparticle spectrum of Li-doped graphene
We study the spectral function and quasiparticle scattering in Li-decorated
graphene (Li@graphene) with an atomistic -matrix formalism and uncover
adatom-induced spectral effects which shed light on experimentally observed
angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) features. From transport
studies, alkali adatoms are known to introduce charged-impurity scattering
limiting the carrier mobility. Here, we demonstrate that Li adatoms furthermore
give rise to a low-energy impurity band centered at the point which
originates from the hybridization between the atomic 2s state of the Li adatoms
and graphene "surface" states. We show that the impurity band is strongly
dependent on the concentration of Li adatoms, and aligns with
the Li-induced Fermi level on the Dirac cone at
(). Finally, we show that adatom-induced
quasiparticle scattering increases dramatically at energies above close to the van Hove singularity in the graphene density of
states (DOS), giving rise to a large linewidth broadening on the Dirac cone
with a concomitant downshift and a characteristic kink in the conduction band.
Our findings are highly relevant for future studies of ARPES, transport, and
superconductivity in adatom-doped graphene.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, and supplemental material. Published versio
Mesoscopic photon heat transistor
We show that the heat transport between two bodies, mediated by
electromagnetic fluctuations, can be controlled with an intermediate quantum
circuit - leading to the device concept Mesoscopic Photon Heat Transistor
(MPHT). Our theoretical analysis is based on a novel Meir-Wingreen-Landauer
type of conductance formula, which gives the photonic heat current through an
arbitrary circuit element coupled to two dissipative reservoirs at finite
temperatures. As an illustration we present an exact solution for the case when
the intermediate circuit can be described as an electromagnetic resonator. We
discuss in detail how the MPHT can be implemented experimentally in terms of a
flux-controlled SQUID circuit.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Dynamical Franz-Keldysh effect
We introduce and analyze the properties of dynamical Franz-Keldysh effect,
i.e. the change of density-of-states, or absorption spectra, of semiconductors
under the influence of {\it time-dependent} electric fields. In the case of a
harmonic time-dependence, we predict the occurence of significant fine
structure, both below and above the zero-field band-gap, which should be
experimentally observable.Comment: 4 pages, REVTEX 3.0, uses epsf, 5 figures attached as Z-compressed
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Correlated Coulomb drag in capacitively coupled quantum-dot structures
We study theoretically Coulomb drag in capacitively coupled quantum dots
(CQDs) -- a biasdriven dot coupled to an unbiased dot where transport is due to
Coulomb mediated energy transfer drag. To this end, we introduce a
master-equation approach which accounts for higher-order tunneling
(cotunneling) processes as well as energy-dependent lead couplings, and
identify a mesoscopic Coulomb drag mechanism driven by nonlocal multi-electron
cotunneling processes. Our theory establishes the conditions for a nonzero drag
as well as the direction of the drag current in terms of microscopic system
parameters. Interestingly, the direction of the drag current is not determined
by the drive current, but by an interplay between the energy-dependent lead
couplings. Studying the drag mechanism in a graphene-based CQD heterostructure,
we show that the predictions of our theory are consistent with recent
experiments on Coulomb drag in CQD systems.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures + supplementary. Published versio
Quantum transport: The link between standard approaches in superlattices
Theories describing electrical transport in semiconductor superlattices can
essentially be divided in three disjoint categories: i) transport in a
miniband; ii) hopping between Wannier-Stark ladders; and iii) sequential
tunneling. We present a quantum transport model, based on nonequilibrium Green
functions, which, in the appropriate limits, reproduces the three conventional
theories, and describes the transport in the previously unaccessible region of
the parameter space.Comment: 4 Page
Phase measurement of photon-assisted tunneling through a quantum dot
Recent double-slit interference experiments have demonstrated the possibility
of probing the phase of the complex transmission coefficient of a quantum dot
via the Aharonov-Bohm effect. We propose an extension of these experiments: an
ac voltage imposed on the side gate with the concomitant photonic sidebands
leads to additional structure both in the amplitude and in the phase of the
Aharonov-Bohm signal. Observation of these effects would be a definitive proof
of coherent absorption and reemission of photons from the ac source.Comment: 6 pages using latex2e and EuroPhys.sty. Uses epsf to include 5
figures (submitted to Europhys. Lett.
Current responsivity of semiconductor superlattice THz-photon detectors
The current responsivity of a semiconductor superlattice THz-photon detector
is calculated using an equivalent circuit model which takes into account the
finite matching efficiency between a detector antenna and the superlattice in
the presence of parasitic losses. Calculations performed for currently
available superlattice diodes show that both the magnitudes and the roll-off
frequencies of the responsivity are strongly influenced by an excitation of
hybrid plasma-Bloch oscillations which are found to be eigenmodes of the system
in the THz- frequency band. The expected room temperature values of the
responsivity (2-3 A/W in the 1-3 THz-frequency band) range up to several
percents of the quantum efficiency of an ideal superconductor
tunnel junction detector. Properly designed semiconductor superlattice
detectors may thus demonstrate better room temperature THz-photon responsivity
than conventional Schottky junction devices.Comment: Revtex file, uses epsf, 11 pages. 11 eps-figures; EPS-files generated
by scanner, original higher resolution line drawings available from
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Simple models suffice for the single dot quantum shuttle
A quantum shuttle is an archetypical nanoelectromechanical device, where the
mechanical degree of freedom is quantized. Using a full-scale numerical
solution of the generalized master equation describing the shuttle, we have
recently shown [Novotn\'{y} {\it et al.}, Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 92}, 248302
(2004)] that for certain limits of the shuttle parameters one can distinguish
three distinct charge transport mechanisms: (i) an incoherent tunneling regime,
(ii) a shuttling regime, where the charge transport is synchronous with the
mechanical motion, and (iii) a coexistence regime, where the device switches
between the tunneling and shuttling regimes. While a study of the cross-over
between these three regimes requires the full numerics, we show here that by
identifying the appropriate time-scales it is possible to derive vastly simpler
equations for each of the three regimes. The simplified equations allow a clear
physical interpretation, are easily solved, and are in good agreement with the
full numerics in their respective domains of validity.Comment: 23 pages, 14 figures, invited paper for the Focus issue of the New
Journal of Physics on Nano-electromechanical system
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