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Modeling of cotunneling in quantum dot systems

Pedersen, Jonas LU and Wacker, Andreas LU orcid (2010) International Conference on Frontiers of Quantum and Mesoscopic Thermodynamics (FQMT '08) 42(3). p.595-599
Abstract
Transport through nanosystems is treated within the second-order von Neumann approach. This approach bridges the gap between rate equations which neglect level broadening and cotunneling, and the transmission formalism, which is essentially based on the single-particle picture thereby treating many-particle interactions oil an approximate level. Here we provide an alternative presentation of the method in order to clarify the underlying structure. Furthermore we apply it to the problem of cotunneling. It is shown that both elastic and inelastic cotunneling can be described quantitatively, while the transmission approach with a mean-field treatment of the interaction provides an artificial bistability. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights... (More)
Transport through nanosystems is treated within the second-order von Neumann approach. This approach bridges the gap between rate equations which neglect level broadening and cotunneling, and the transmission formalism, which is essentially based on the single-particle picture thereby treating many-particle interactions oil an approximate level. Here we provide an alternative presentation of the method in order to clarify the underlying structure. Furthermore we apply it to the problem of cotunneling. It is shown that both elastic and inelastic cotunneling can be described quantitatively, while the transmission approach with a mean-field treatment of the interaction provides an artificial bistability. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
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Transport, Master equation, Quantum dots
host publication
Physica E-Low-Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures
volume
42
issue
3
pages
595 - 599
publisher
Elsevier
conference name
International Conference on Frontiers of Quantum and Mesoscopic Thermodynamics (FQMT '08)
conference location
Prague, Czech Republic
conference dates
2008-07-28 - 2008-08-02
external identifiers
  • wos:000274954500067
  • scopus:74149093537
ISSN
1386-9477
DOI
10.1016/j.physe.2009.06.069
language
English
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yes
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c1543ff1-9979-489b-a816-f8517272efde (old id 1568063)
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http://arxiv.org/abs/0904.3249v2
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  abstract     = {{Transport through nanosystems is treated within the second-order von Neumann approach. This approach bridges the gap between rate equations which neglect level broadening and cotunneling, and the transmission formalism, which is essentially based on the single-particle picture thereby treating many-particle interactions oil an approximate level. Here we provide an alternative presentation of the method in order to clarify the underlying structure. Furthermore we apply it to the problem of cotunneling. It is shown that both elastic and inelastic cotunneling can be described quantitatively, while the transmission approach with a mean-field treatment of the interaction provides an artificial bistability. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}},
  author       = {{Pedersen, Jonas and Wacker, Andreas}},
  booktitle    = {{Physica E-Low-Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures}},
  issn         = {{1386-9477}},
  keywords     = {{Transport; Master equation; Quantum dots}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{595--599}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  title        = {{Modeling of cotunneling in quantum dot systems}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/3614385/1580502.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.physe.2009.06.069}},
  volume       = {{42}},
  year         = {{2010}},
}