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Title Self-Energy Concept for the Numerical Solution of the Liouville-von Neumann Equation
Sub-Title Nanotechnology
Subject Nanotechnology
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Author K. S. Khalid, L. Schulz and D. Schulz
Publish Year 2017
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Diss#. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NANCYIBCHNOLOGY, VOL. 16, NO.
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Text Language English
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Library Section Research Article
Abstract Abstract-A new numerical approach is presented for the de­ tennhlation or the statistical density matrix as a solution of the Liouville-von Neumann equation incenter-mass coordinates. The numerical discretization is performed by utilizing a finite volume method, which leads to a discretized drift and diffusion operator. The solution is based on the eigenvector basis of the discretized diffusion operator with its corresponding eigenvalues and on the introduction of the self-energy concept. More specifically,the self. energy concept is essential to describe open-boundary problems adequately.Furthermore, this approach allows the definition of in­ flow and outflow conditions. The method presented is investigated with regard to the conventional Wigner transport equation and the quantum transmitting boundary method, when investigating coherent effects.