Replacing Leads by Self-Energies Using Nonequilibrium Green's Functions

Details Replacing Leads by Self-Energies Using Nonequilibrium Green's Functions Replacing Leads by Self-Energies Using Nonequilibrium Green's Functions

2002-03-27

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0203574v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

14 pages, 0 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0921-4526(03)00447-2

An open quantum system consists of leads connected to a device of interest. Within the nonequilibrium Green's function technique, we examine the replacement of leads by self-energies in continuum calculations. Our starting point is a formulation of the problem for continuum systems by T.E. Feuchtwang. In this approach there is considerable flexibility in the choice of unperturbed Green's functions. We examine the consequences of this freedom on the treatment of leads. For any choice the leads can be replaced by coupling self-energies which are simple functions of energy. We find that the retarded self-energy depends on the details of the choice of unperturbed Green's function, and can take any value. However, the nonequilibrum self-energy or scattering function can be taken to be independent of this choice. Expressed in terms of these self-energies, nonequilibrium transport calculations take a particularly simple form.

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