Conductance and absolutely continuous spectrum of 1D samples

DOI10.1007/S00220-015-2501-YMaRDI QIDQ2630728zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Laurent Bruneau, V. Jakšić, Y. Last, C.-A. Pillet

Publication date 21 July 2016

Published in Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.07285

zbMATH Keywords

quantum systemsspectral theorytransfer matricestransport theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of operator theory in the physical sciences (47N50) Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10) Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C70)

Abstract: We characterize the absolutely continuous spectrum of the one-dimensional Schr"odinger operators $h=-Delta+v$ acting on $el{l}^2(mathbb{Z}_{+})$ in terms of the limiting behavior of the Landauer-B"uttiker and Thouless conductances of the associated finite samples. The finite sample is defined by restricting $h$ to a finite interval $[1,L]capmathbb{Z}_{+}$ and the conductance refers to the charge current across the sample in the open quantum system obtained by attaching independent electronic reservoirs to the sample ends. Our main result is that the conductances associated to an energy interval $I$ are non-vanishing in the limit $Loinfty$ iff ${msp}_{mac}(h)capI=emptyset$. We also discuss the relationship between this result and the Schr"odinger Conjecture.

Review text

The authors exhibit a connection between the transport theory of open quantum systems on the one hand, and the special theory of discrete Schrödinger operators on the other hand, and so for 1D geometries. The two characteristics of interest here are the following ones: (a) the physical characterization of the conducting regime of the expanded sample and (b) the mathematical definition of the conducting regime of the extended sample. The equivalence between these two properties is stated in the form of two mathematical conjectures which are then proven. This proof works via the transfer matrix. They recall some background on the Landauer-Büttiker and Thouless formulae. Successively, they consider transfer matrices and AC spectrum, transfer matrices and Landauer conductance, transfer matrices and Thouless conductance.

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