A resistance formula for coherent multi-barrier structures

• 来源期刊: 中国物理（英文版）
• 关键词: resistance phase coherent transmission multi-barrier structure
• 年，卷（期）: 2007,（2）
• 页码范围: 511-516
• 页数: 6页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Using the Landauer formula and the quantum S-matrix scattering theory, we derive a resistance formula for multi-barrier structure under phase coherent transmission condition. This formula shows that when the transport is coherent, the potential wells of the structure are just like conductors contributing to the overall resistance. And because the resistance formula is derived based on the scattering theory, the barrier resistance will change with the number of scattering centres (i.e. the number of barriers) in the structure.