Joining Landauer approach and classical multi electronic master-equation description in nanoscale transport for non-interactive systems

Abstract In this work we show that in the non-interacting limit, i.e., when the electronic structure of the N-particle states is frozen, in the wide-band limit (WBL) approximation, the classical master equation (CME) with the electron transfer rates obtained via Fermi golden rule and the elastic sca...

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Published inPhysica scripta Vol. 98; no. 11; pp. 115973 - 115987
Main Authors Moreira, Augusto C L, da Silva, Juliana A B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IOP Publishing 01.11.2023
Subjects
classical master equation
elastic scattering
quantum transport
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Summary:Abstract In this work we show that in the non-interacting limit, i.e., when the electronic structure of the N-particle states is frozen, in the wide-band limit (WBL) approximation, the classical master equation (CME) with the electron transfer rates obtained via Fermi golden rule and the elastic scattering approach (ES) are equivalent. This fact is encouraging, since it allows the insertion of elastic mechanisms into quantum transport via the CME approach thus, describing weak and strong quantum transport regimes on an equal footing within this theory.
Bibliography:PHYSSCR-124819.R1
ISSN:0031-8949
1402-4896
DOI:10.1088/1402-4896/ad02c9