Abstract
A modern theory of electronic transport in mesoscopic structures needs to non-perturbatively treat the active region of the device as an open subsystem of a larger, interacting closed system, and be able to successfully capture transient processes, as well as a far-from-equilibrium steady state. We present a basis for generalization of the powerful non-equilibrium Green's functions formalism for treatment of open systems. During transient processes and far from equilibrium, we analyze the magnitude and importance of the memory terms, which appear in the two-time correlation functions and are the signatures of the system's openness.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 71-76 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1 2003 |
| Event | Fourth International Symposium on Nanostructures and Mesoscopi - Tempe, AZ, United States Duration: Feb 17 2003 → Feb 21 2003 |
Keywords
- Memory effects
- Mesoscopic structures
- Open systems
- Quantum transport
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Condensed Matter Physics
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Knezevic, I., & Ferry, D. K. (2003). Quantum transport and memory effects in mesoscopic structures. Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 19(1-2), 71-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1386-9477(03)00293-5