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Build-up of Vibron-Mediated Electron Correlations in Molecular Junctions

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2019-03-27 v1

Abstract

We investigate on the same footing the time-dependent electronic transport properties and vibrational dynamics of a molecular junction. We show that fluctuations of both the molecular vibron displacement and the electronic current across the junction undergo damped oscillations towards the steady-state. We assign the former to the onset of electron tunneling events assisted by vibron-emission. The time-dependent build-up of electron-hole correlations is revealed as a departure of the charge-transfer statistics from the generalized-binomial one after a critical time tc. The phonon-back action on the tunneling electrons is shown to amplify and accelerate this build-up mechanism.

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@article{arxiv.1902.04825,
  title  = {Build-up of Vibron-Mediated Electron Correlations in Molecular Junctions},
  author = {Rémi Avriller and R Souto and A. Martin-Rodero and A Yeyati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.04825},
  year   = {2019}
}