1999/08/27 by A. Aldea, A. Manolescu, Andrei Manolescu +5
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Surface and Thin Film Phenomena #cond-mat.mes-hall
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9908399
5 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)
arxiv created 1999/08/27 · openalex publication_date 1999/08/27 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A quantum-mechanical calculation of conductance in an open quantum dot is performed in the Landauer-Büttiker formalism using a tight binding Hamiltonian with direct Coulomb interaction. The charge distribution in the dot is calculated self-consistently as function of a gate potential, for various dot-leads couplings. The interaction is active only inside the dot, but not in the leads, its strength being an input parameter. Our calculations are complementary to the master-equation approach, go beyond the "orthodox theory", and account for the size, tunneling, and interaction effects in quantum dots.