arXiv:1212.6369 · Physica Scripta

Current in coherent quantum systems connected to mesoscopic Fermi reservoirs

Shigeru Ajisaka, Felipe Barra, Carlos Mejía-Monasterio, Tomaž Prosen

Published Oct 19, 2012• 7 citations

Abstract

We study particle current in a recently proposed model for coherent quantum transport. In this model a system connected to mesoscopic Fermi reservoirs (meso-reservoir) is driven out of equilibrium by the action of super reservoirs thermalized to prescribed temperatures and chemical potentials by a simple dissipative mechanism described by the Lindblad equation. We compare exact (numerical) results with theoretical expectations based on the Landauer formula

DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/86/05/058501

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