Conductance and polarization in quantum junctions

Details Conductance and polarization in quantum junctions Conductance and polarization in quantum junctions

2004-03-08

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0403204v1

Phys. Rev. B 69, 245420 (2004).

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.69.245420

We revisit the expression for the conductance of a general nanostructure -- such as a quantum point contact -- as obtained from the linear response theory. We show that the conductance represents the strength of the Drude singularity in the conductivity $\sigma(k,k';i\omega \to 0)$. Using the equation of continuity for electric charge we obtain a formula for conductance in terms of polarization of the system. This identification can be used for direct calculation of the conductance for systems of interest even at the {\it ab-initio} level. In particular, we show that one can evaluate the conductance from calculations for a finite system without the need for special ``transport'' boundary conditions.

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