Time-dependent quantum transport and power-law decay of the transient current in a nano-relay and nano-oscillator

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Cuansing, Eduardo C ^a   Liang, Gengchiau ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED BIAS VOLTAGE; BIAS POTENTIAL; LANDAUER FORMULA; LINEAR CHAIN; NANO-OSCILLATOR; NEAREST-NEIGHBOR COUPLING; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; PARTICLE CURRENTS; POWER LAW; POWER LAW DECAY; POWER-LAW PARAMETERS; QUANTUM TRANSPORT; STEADY-STATE REGIME; STEADY-STATE VALUES; SWITCH-ON; TIME-DEPENDENT; TIME-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES; TRANSIENT CURRENT; TRANSIENT REGIME;

BIAS VOLTAGE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 80655139157     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3651390     Document Type: Article

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