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Article Dans Une Revue Physical Review B: Condensed Matter (1978-1997) Année : 2020

Simulating time-dependent thermoelectric transport in quantum systems

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We put forward a gauge-invariant theoretical framework for studying time-resolved thermoelectric transport in an arbitrary multiterminal electronic quantum system described by a noninteracting tight-binding model. The system is driven out of equilibrium by an external time-dependent electromagnetic field (switched on at time $t_0$) and possibly by static temperature or electrochemical potential biases applied (from the remote past) between the electronic reservoirs. Numerical simulations are conducted by extending to energy transport the wave-function approach developed by Gaury et al. and implemented in the t-Kwant library. We provide a module that allows us to compute the time-resolved heat currents and powers in addition to the (already implemented) charge currents, and thus to simulate dynamical thermoelectric transport through realistic devices, when electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions can be neglected. We apply our method to the noninteracting Resonant Level Model and verify that we recover the results reported in the literature for the time-resolved heat currents in the expected limits. Finally, we showcase the versatility of the library by simulating dynamical thermal transport in a Quantum Point Contact subjected to voltage pulses.

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hal-02872197 , version 1 (17-06-2020)

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Adel Kara Slimane, Phillipp Reck, Geneviève Fleury. Simulating time-dependent thermoelectric transport in quantum systems. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter (1978-1997), 2020, 101 (23), pp.235413. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.101.235413⟩. ⟨hal-02872197⟩
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