Correlated electron-phonon transport from molecular dynamics with quantum baths
arXiv:0803.0368 · doi:10.1088/0953-8984/21/2/025503
Abstract
Based on generalized quantum Langevin equations for the tight-binding wave function amplitudes and lattice displacements, electron and phonon quantum transport are obtained exactly using molecular dynamics (MD) in the ballistic regime. The electron-phonon interactions can be handled with a quasi-classical approximation. Both charge and energy transport and their interplay can be studied. We compare the MD results with that of a fully quantum mechanical nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) approach for the electron currents. We find a ballistic to diffusive transition of the electron conduction in one dimensional chains as the chain length increases.
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