Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2008-02-28
Phys. Rev. B 78, 035446 (2008)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
12 pages, 7 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.78.035446
A dynamical method for inelastic transport simulations in nanostructures is compared with a steady-state method based on non-equilibrium Green's functions. A simplified form of the dynamical method produces, in the steady state in the weak-coupling limit, effective self-energies analogous to those in the Born Approximation due to electron-phonon coupling. The two methods are then compared numerically on a resonant system consisting of a linear trimer weakly embedded between metal electrodes. This system exhibits enhanced heating at high biases and long phonon equilibration times. Despite the differences in their formulation, the static and dynamical methods capture local current-induced heating and inelastic corrections to the current with good agreement over a wide range of conditions, except in the limit of very high vibrational excitations, where differences begin to emerge.
Dundas Daniel
Frederiksen Thomas
Horsfield Andrew P.
McEniry Eunan J.
Todorov Tchavdar N.
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