Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2010-03-10
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
11 pages, 5 figures, accepted in Physical Review B
Scientific paper
We develop an approach for self-consistent ac quantum transport in the presence of time-dependent potentials at non-transport terminals. We apply the approach to calculate the high-frequency characteristics of a nanotube transistor with the ac signal applied at the gate terminal. We show that the self-consistent feedback between the ac charge and potential is essential to properly capture the transport properties of the system. In the on-state, this feedback leads to the excitation of plasmons, which appear as pronounced divergent peaks in the dynamic conductance at terahertz frequencies. In the off-state, these collective features vanish, and the conductance exhibits smooth oscillations, a signature of single-particle excitations. The proposed approach is general and will allow the study of the high-frequency characteristics of many other low-dimensional nanoscale materials such as nanowires and graphene-based systems, which are attractive for terahertz devices, including those that exploit plasmonic excitations.
Kienle Diego
Leonard Francois
Vaidyanathan Mani
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