Two-terminal transport in biased lattices: transition from ballistic to diffusive current
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| author | Kolovsky, Andrey R. |
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| contents | We analyze quantum transport of charged fermionic particles in the tight-binding lattice connecting two particle reservoirs (the leads). If the lead chemical potentials are different they create an electric field which tilts the lattice. We study the effect of this tilt on quantum transport in the presence of weak relaxation/decoherence processes in the lattice. It is shown that the Landauer ballistic transport regime for a weak tilt (small chemical potential difference) changes to the diffusive Esaki-Tsu transport regime for a strong tilt (large chemical potential difference), where the critical tilt for this crossover is determined by the condition that the Wannier-Stark localization length coincides with the lattice length. |
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| spellingShingle | Two-terminal transport in biased lattices: transition from ballistic to diffusive current Kolovsky, Andrey R. Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Physics We analyze quantum transport of charged fermionic particles in the tight-binding lattice connecting two particle reservoirs (the leads). If the lead chemical potentials are different they create an electric field which tilts the lattice. We study the effect of this tilt on quantum transport in the presence of weak relaxation/decoherence processes in the lattice. It is shown that the Landauer ballistic transport regime for a weak tilt (small chemical potential difference) changes to the diffusive Esaki-Tsu transport regime for a strong tilt (large chemical potential difference), where the critical tilt for this crossover is determined by the condition that the Wannier-Stark localization length coincides with the lattice length. |
| title | Two-terminal transport in biased lattices: transition from ballistic to diffusive current |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.13031 |