Time-dependent transport in low-dimensional systems - A numerical solution using the nonequilibrium Green's functions

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-62

  He, Yuhui ^b   Hou, Danqiong ^c   Liu, Xiaoyan ^a,b   Han, Ruqi ^b   Chen, Jie ^d  

^a IEEE

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AC transport properties of nanodevices; Nonequilibrium Green's function; Transient

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF NANODEVICES; HOPPING ENERGY; NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES; NONEQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 33846615437     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2006.886780     Document Type: Article

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