Relation between scattering-matrix and Keldysh formalisms for quantum transport driven by time-periodic fields

Liliana Arrachea and Michael Moskalets
Phys. Rev. B 74, 245322 – Published 19 December 2006

Abstract

We present the relation between the Floquet scattering matrix and the nonequilibrium Green’s function formalisms to transport theory in noninteracting electronic systems in contact to reservoirs and driven by time-periodic fields. We present a translation formula that expresses the Floquet scattering matrix in terms of a Fourier transform of the retarded Green’s function. We prove that such representation satisfies the fundamental identities of transport theory. We also present the “adiabatic” approximation to the dc current in the language of the Keldysh formalism.

  • Received 11 July 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.74.245322

©2006 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Liliana Arrachea1,2 and Michael Moskalets3

  • 1Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
  • 2Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos, Universidad de Zaragoza, Corona de Aragón 42, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
  • 3Department of Metal and Semiconductor Physics, National Technical University, “Kharkov Polytechnical Institute,” 61002 Kharkov, Ukraine

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Vol. 74, Iss. 24 — 15 December 2006

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