Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2008-07-25
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
26 pages, 13 figures. To appear in New Journal of Physics
Scientific paper
The nonstationary and steady-state transport through a mesoscopic sample connected to particle reservoirs via time-dependent barriers is investigated within the reduced density operator method. The generalized Master equation is solved via the Crank-Nicolson algorithm by taking into account the memory kernel which embodies the non-Markovian effects that are commonly disregarded. We propose a physically reasonable model for the lead-sample coupling which takes into account the match between the energy of the incident electrons and the levels of the isolated sample, as well as their overlap at the contacts. Using a tight-binding description of the system we investigate the effects induced in the transient current by the spectral structure of the sample and by the localization properties of its eigenfunctions. In strong magnetic fields the transient currents propagate along edge states. The behavior of populations and coherences is discussed, as well as their connection to the tunneling processes that are relevant for transport.
Gudmundsson Vidar
Manolescu Andrei
Moldoveanu Valeriu
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