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Non-Markovian theory for the waiting time distributions of single electron transfers
1Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong. sven.welack@s2000.tu-chemnitz.de
Abstract:
We derive a non-Markovian theory for waiting time distributions of consecutive single electron transfer events. The presented microscopic Pauli rate equation formalism couples the open electrodes to the many-body system, allowing to take finite bias and temperature into consideration. Numerical results reveal transient oscillations of distinct system frequencies due to memory in the waiting time distributions. Memory effects can be approximated by an expansion in non-Markovian corrections. This method is employed to calculate memory landscapes displaying preservation of memory over multiple consecutive electron transfers.
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