Theory and simulation of quantum photovoltaic devices based on the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism

U Aeberhard - Journal of computational electronics, 2011 - Springer
This article reviews the application of the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism to the
simulation of novel photovoltaic devices utilizing quantum confinement effects in low …

Electron correlation resonances in the transport through a single quantum level

AL Yeyati, A Martin-Rodero, F Flores - Physical review letters, 1993 - APS
Correlation effects in the transport properties of a single quantum level coupled to electron
reservoirs are discussed theoretically using nonequilibrium Green functions approach. Our …

Single-electron tunneling in nanometer-scale double-barrier heterostructure devices

B Su, VJ Goldman, JE Cunningham - Physical Review B, 1992 - APS
We report a systematic experimental study of charge transport in nanometer-scale double-
barrier resonant-tunneling devices. Asymmetric heterostructure material was used so that …

Spectroscopy of the single-particle states of a quantum-dot molecule

T Schmidt, RJ Haug, K Klitzing, A Förster, H Lüth - Physical review letters, 1997 - APS
We investigate low-temperature transport through two identical vertically coupled quantum
dots in a triple-barrier heterostructure. The current-voltage curve exhibits two series of …

Aharonov-Bohm effect and electron correlation in quantum dots

H Akera - Physical Review B, 1993 - APS
Transport through two quantum dots in parallel is studied theoretically in the presence of a
magnetic flux between dots and in the limit of large one-electron level separations in each …

Equation of motion for nonequilibrium Green functions

C Niu, DL Lin, TH Lin - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
The equation of motion for nonequilibrium Green functions is derived within the framework of
the Schwinger and Keldysh formalism of perturbation expansion. For nonequilibrium …

Nonlinear characteristics of a mesoscopic conductor

B Wang, J Wang, H Guo - Journal of applied physics, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
We present a general theoretical formulation, based on nonequilibrium Green's functions, for
nonlinear dc transport in multiprobe mesoscopic conductors. The theory is gauge invariant …

Coherent transport through a coupled-quantum-dot system with strong intradot interaction

C Niu, L Liu, T Lin - Physical Review B, 1995 - APS
The coherent transport through a coupled-quantum-dot system with strong intradot
interaction is investigated by the nonequilibrium Green's-functions method. The …

Coulomb repulsion effect in two-electron nonadiabatic tunneling through a one-level redox molecule

AM Kuznetsov, IG Medvedev, J Ulstrup - The Journal of chemical …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
We investigated Coulomb repulsion effects in nonadiabatic (diabatic) two-electron tunneling
through a redox molecule with a single electronic level in a symmetric electrochemical …

[PDF][PDF] A microscopic theory of quantum well photovoltaics

U Aeberhard - 2008 - research-collection.ethz.ch
ZWEIDIMENSIONALE, QUASI-ZWEIDIMENSIONALE STRUKTUR (PHYSIK DER
KONDENSIERTEN MATERIE); MIKROSTRUKTUR VON MOLEKULARSYSTEMEN …