Nonequilibrium boundary-driven quantum systems: Models, methods, and properties

GT Landi, D Poletti, G Schaller - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2022 - APS
Recent years have seen tremendous progress in the theoretical understanding of quantum
systems driven dissipatively by coupling to different baths at their edges. This was possible …

Super-Poissonian noise, negative differential conductance, and relaxation effects in transport through molecules, quantum dots, and nanotubes

A Thielmann, MH Hettler, J König, G Schön - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2005 - APS
We consider charge transport through a nanoscopic object, eg, single molecules, short
nanotubes, or quantum dots, that is weakly coupled to metallic electrodes. We account for …

Tunneling between helical edge states through extended contacts

G Dolcetto, S Barbarino, D Ferraro, N Magnoli… - Physical Review B …, 2012 - APS
We consider a quantum spin Hall system in a two-terminal setup, with an extended tunneling
contact connecting upper and lower edges. We analyze the effects of this geometry on the …

Single quasiparticle and electron emitter in the fractional quantum Hall regime

D Ferraro, J Rech, T Jonckheere, T Martin - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We propose a device consisting of an antidot periodically driven in time by a magnetic field
as a fractional quantum Hall counterpart of the celebrated mesoscopic capacitor-based …

Signatures of Wigner correlations in the conductance of a one-dimensional quantum dot coupled to an AFM tip

N Traverso Ziani, F Cavaliere, M Sassetti - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2012 - APS
The transport properties of an interacting one-dimensional quantum dot capacitively coupled
to an atomic force microscope probe are investigated. The dot is described within a Luttinger …

Thermal effects on the Wigner localization and Friedel oscillations in many-electron nanowires

I Kylänpää, F Cavaliere, NT Ziani, M Sassetti… - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
Thermal effects on the total charge density are studied for a one-dimensional correlated
quantum dot by means of the path integral Monte Carlo method. The competition between …

Transport properties of quantum dots in the Wigner molecule regime

F Cavaliere, U De Giovannini, M Sassetti… - New Journal of …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The transport properties of quantum dots with up to N= 7 electrons ranging from a weak to a
strong interacting regime are investigated via the projected Hartree–Fock technique. As …

Resonant tunneling of electrons in quantum wires

IV Krive, A Palevski, RI Shekhter… - Low Temperature …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We consider resonant electron tunneling in various nanostructures, including single-wall
carbon nanotubes, molecular transistors, and quantum wires, formed in two-dimensional …

Generating and controlling spin-polarized currents induced by a quantum spin Hall antidot

G Dolcetto, F Cavaliere, D Ferraro, M Sassetti - Physical Review B …, 2013 - APS
We study an electrically controlled quantum spin Hall antidot embedded in a two-
dimensional topological insulating bar. Helical edge states around the antidot and along the …

Asymmetric Franck-Condon factors in suspended carbon nanotube quantum dots

F Cavaliere, E Mariani, R Leturcq, C Stampfer… - Physical Review B …, 2010 - APS
Electronic states and vibrons in carbon nanotube quantum dots have, in general, different
location and size. As a consequence, the conventional Anderson-Holstein model, coupling …