Title :

Scattering induced current in a tight-binding band

Author(s) :

Bruneau, Laurent [Auteur]
Analyse, Géométrie et Modélisation [AGM - UMR 8088]
De Bievre, Stephan [Auteur]
Laboratoire Paul Painlevé - UMR 8524 [LPP]
SImulations and Modeling for PArticles and Fluids [SIMPAF]
Pillet, Claude-Alain [Auteur]
Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207 [CPT]
Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332 [CPT]

Journal title :

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Pages :

022109

Publisher :

American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Publication date :

2011-02-28

ISSN :

0022-2488

HAL domain(s) :

Physique [physics]/Physique mathématique [math-ph]
Mathématiques [math]/Physique mathématique [math-ph]

English abstract : [en]

In the single band tight-binding approximation, we consider the transport properties of an electron in a homogeneous static electric field. We show that repeated interactions of the electron with two-level systems in thermal ...
Show more >In the single band tight-binding approximation, we consider the transport properties of an electron in a homogeneous static electric field. We show that repeated interactions of the electron with two-level systems in thermal equilibrium suppress the Bloch oscillations and induce a steady current, the statistical properties of which we study.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

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