Landauer Formula without Landauers Assumptions

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2003

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Das, Mukunda P
Green, F

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Institute of Physics Publishing

Abstract

The Landauer formula for dissipationless conductance lies at the heart of modern electronic transport, yet it remains without a clear microscopic basis. We analyse the Landauer formula microscopically and give a straightforward quantum kinetic derivation

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Keywords: Electric conductivity; Electronic properties; Energy dissipation; Fermi level; Functions; Matrix algebra; Quantum theory; Electronic transport; Electric conductance

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Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter

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Journal article

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