Scattering Theory of Dynamic Electrical Transport

TL;DR

This paper introduces a scattering matrix approach for analyzing coherent electrical transport in adiabatically driven conductors, incorporating photon-assisted processes and energy exchange with pumping fields.

Contribution

It presents a novel linear-order Floquet scattering matrix method to describe dynamic electrical transport under adiabatic driving conditions.

Findings

Developed a scattering matrix framework for time-dependent transport.

Included photon-assisted processes in the transport analysis.

Provided a linear approximation for energy exchange with driving fields.

Abstract

We have developed a scattering matrix approach to coherent transport through an adiabatically driven conductor based on photon-assisted processes. To describe the energy exchange with the pumping fields we expand the Floquet scattering matrix up to linear order in driving frequency.