The rapid miniaturization of elect, ronic devices motivates research interests in quantum transport.Recently time-dependent quantum transport has become an important research topic. Here we re- view recent progresses ...The rapid miniaturization of elect, ronic devices motivates research interests in quantum transport.Recently time-dependent quantum transport has become an important research topic. Here we re- view recent progresses in the development of time-dependent density-functional theory for quantum transport including the theoretical foundation and numerical algorithms. In particular, the reducedsingle electron density matrix based hierarchical equation of motion, which can be derived from Liouville---von Neumann equation, is reviewed in details. The numerical implementation is discussed and simulation results of realistic devices will be given.展开更多
文摘The rapid miniaturization of elect, ronic devices motivates research interests in quantum transport.Recently time-dependent quantum transport has become an important research topic. Here we re- view recent progresses in the development of time-dependent density-functional theory for quantum transport including the theoretical foundation and numerical algorithms. In particular, the reducedsingle electron density matrix based hierarchical equation of motion, which can be derived from Liouville---von Neumann equation, is reviewed in details. The numerical implementation is discussed and simulation results of realistic devices will be given.
