ELECTRICAL AND CHEMICAL-POTENTIALS IN A QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CONDUCTOR

Authors
FENTON EW
Citation
Ew. Fenton, ELECTRICAL AND CHEMICAL-POTENTIALS IN A QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CONDUCTOR, Superlattices and microstructures, 16(1), 1994, pp. 87-91
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Superlattices and microstructures → ACNP
ISSN journal
07496036
Volume
16
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
87 - 91
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-6036(1994)16:1<87:EACIAQ>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A time-dependent fully quantum response theory for mesoscopic systems is developed in the Heisenberg representation rather than the usual in teraction representation. In the mesoscopic system itself, the differe nce between mu(+) and mu(-) quasi-chemical potentials for forward-dire ction and backward-direction current carriers is shown to be equal to the electron charge times the line integral of the transport electric field through the system.