Title
Environmental effects on Coulomb blockade in a small tunnel junction: A nonperturbative calculation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1997
Abstract
A nonperturbative theory of environmental effects on the Coulomb blockade of single-electron tunneling, using the nonequilibrium Green’s-function technique and the path-integral method, is presented. A set of self-consistent equations for the current-voltage (Formula presented) characteristics and the related correlation functions is derived. It is demonstrated that the two existing theories, viz., the microscopic phase correlation theory and the phenomenological quantum Langevin equation approach, are just two special cases of the present self-consistent theory under some particular approximations. © 1997 The American Physical Society.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
First Page
4737
Last Page
4742
Recommended Citation
Hu, G., & O’Connell, R. (1997). Environmental effects on Coulomb blockade in a small tunnel junction: A nonperturbative calculation. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 56 (8), 4737-4742. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.56.4737