Non-equilibrium quantum theory for nanodevices based on the Feynman-Vernon influence functional

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jin, Jinshuang ^a,b   Tu, Matisse Wei Yuan ^a   Zhang, Wei Min ^a   Yan, YiJing ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOHERENCE; ELECTRON DYNAMICS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXTERNAL VOLTAGES; MASTER EQUATIONS; NANO-DEVICES; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; NON-MARKOVIAN; NON-MARKOVIAN MEMORY; REDUCED-DENSITY MATRIX; TIME-DEPENDENT; TRANSIENT QUANTUM TRANSPORT;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTORS;

EID: 77956565340     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/8/083013     Document Type: Article

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