Sources of negative differential resistance in electric nanotransport
A negative differential resistance (NDR) in nanotransport is often ascribed to electron correlations. We present a simple example revealing that finite electrode bandwidths and energy-dependent electrode density of states can cause a significant NDR, which may occur even in uncorrelated systems. So,...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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3 May 2010
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Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics
Year: 2010, Volume: 81, Issue: 19, Pages: 1-4 |
| ISSN: | 1550-235X |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.193401 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.193401 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.193401 
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| Author Notes: | Ioan Bâldea and Horst Köppel |
| Summary: | A negative differential resistance (NDR) in nanotransport is often ascribed to electron correlations. We present a simple example revealing that finite electrode bandwidths and energy-dependent electrode density of states can cause a significant NDR, which may occur even in uncorrelated systems. So, special care is needed in assessing the role of electron correlations in the NDR. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 28.11.2022 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1550-235X |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.193401 |