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Relativistic Impacts on Electrical Resistance of a One‐Dimensional Finite Crystal
Author(s) -
Roy C. L.,
Basu Chandan
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221770207
Subject(s) - electron , crystal (programming language) , relativistic quantum chemistry , electrical resistance and conductance , physics , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
A relativistic study of electrical resistance in a one‐dimensional finite crystal with rectangular barrier type of atomic potentials is reported. The procedure applied is based on an appropriate relativistic generalisation of Landauer's non‐relativistic treatment of electrical resistance for a finite number of potential barriers. The relativistic impact on electrical resistance in our model is studied only in regard to the velocity of electrons. The quantitative extent of such an impact is critically discussed.