Electron Pumping under Non-Markovian Dissipation: The Role of the Self-Consistent Field

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Abstract

Focusing on electron transport through a periodically driven resonant tunneling diode, we study the generation of a non-vanishing dc-current by applying symmetry breaking external ac fields with phase difference phi in a statically unbiased system. The effect of an environment is investigated using the system-bath Hamiltonian represented by the electron system coupled to harmonic oscillator modes with a Drude-Lorentz spectral density. To carry out simulations, we use the hierarchal equations of motion approach in the Wigner representation including a self-consistently constructed electric field that is determined from the electron distribution using the Poisson equation. We show that the maximal pumping current at a phase difference near phi = pi/2 is strongly influenced by the system-bath coupling strength. The effect of dissipation is diminished if the self-consistent part of the potential is ignored.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number034803
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of the Physical Society of Japan
Volume85
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 15 Mar 2016
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 84978945755
WOS 000371091100032

Keywords

Keywords

  • QUANTUM SYSTEM, NOISE BATH, DRIVEN, RECTIFICATION, OSCILLATIONS, WAVEPACKETS, TRANSPORT, MECHANICS, RATCHETS, dissipation