Time-dependent approach to electron pumping in open quantum systems

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Stefanucci, G ^a,b   Kurth, S ^a,b   Rubio, A ^b,c   Gross, E K U ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

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EID: 40949161747     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.075339     Document Type: Article

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