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Main Author: Kolovsky, Andrey R.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.04262
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  • We revisit the problem of two-terminal transport of non-interacting Fermi particles in a mesoscopic device. First, we generalize the problem by including into consideration relaxation processes in contacts (which are characterized by the contact self-thermalization rate $γ$) and then solve it by using the master equation approach. In the limit $γ\rightarrow0$ the obtained results are shown to reproduce those of the Landauer-Büttiker theory. Thus, the presented analysis proves analytical correspondence between the Landauer-Büttiker and master-equation approaches to quantum transport, -- the problem which resisted solution for decades.