Non-Markovian electron dynamics in nanostructures coupled to dissipative contacts

DOI10.1002/PROP.201200071zbMATH Open1338.82049arXiv1405.4946OpenAlexW2116058633MaRDI QIDQ2812940FDOQ2812940

Authors: B. Novakovic, I. Knezevic 

Publication date: 13 June 2016

Published in: Fortschritte der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In quasiballistic semiconductor nanostructures, carrier exchange between the active region and dissipative contacts is the mechanism that governs relaxation. In this paper, we present a theoretical treatment of transient quantum transport in quasiballistic semiconductor nanostructures, which is based on the open system theory and valid on timescales much longer than the characteristic relaxation time in the contacts. The approach relies on a model interaction between the current-limiting active region and the contacts, given in the scattering-state basis. We derive a non-Markovian master equation for the irreversible evolution of the active region's many-body statistical operator by coarse-graining the exact dynamical map over the contact relaxation time. In order to obtain the response quantities of a nanostructure under bias, such as the potential and the charge and current densities, the non-Markovian master equation must be solved numerically together with the Schr"{o}dinger, Poisson, and continuity equations. We discuss how to numerically solve this coupled system of equations and illustrate the approach on the example of a silicon nin diode.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.4946

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zbMATH Keywords

transientdissipationnanostructuresquantum transportnon-Markovian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonselfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory including creation and destruction operators (81Q12) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22) Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C70) Statistical mechanics of semiconductors (82D37) Statistical mechanics of nanostructures and nanoparticles (82D80)

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