Block tridiagonal matrix inversion and fast transmission calculations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3174-3190

  Petersen, Dan Erik ^a   Sørensen, Hans Henrik B ^b   Hansen, Per Christian ^b   Skelboe, Stig ^a   Stokbro, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Electron transport; Matrix inversion; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

BLOCK TRIDIAGONAL MATRIX; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL-THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; FAST TRANSMISSIONS; FUNCTION MATRIXES; GREENS FUNCTION; MATRIX; MATRIX INVERSIONS; TRANSMISSION CALCULATIONS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 38749114998     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2007.11.035     Document Type: Article

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