A NONSELF-CONSISTENT METHOD FOR THE NONEQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION TECHNIQUE

Abstract

A parametric approximation approach is proposed to study the electronic transport properties in quantum transport systems such as quantum dots and molecules. This approach is developed from the nonequilibrium Green function technique and employs an approximate nonself-consistent (NSC) procedure to substitute the original self-consistent (SC) one when the many-body term, such as electron–electron interaction, is considered. A simple model of one eigen-energy level coupled to two continuous energy spectrums is used to illustrate the new NSC method that can be generalized to multi-energy level cases in a straightforward manner. The comparison between the NSC results with the SC results demonstrate the correctness and the effectiveness of the new method.