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Elimination of negative differential conductance in an asymmetric molecular transistor by an ac-voltage

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-13 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We analyze resonant tunneling subject to a non-adiabatic time-dependent bias-voltage through an asymmetric single molecular quantum dot with coupling between the electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom using a {\em Tien-Gordon-type} rate equation. Our results clearly exhibit the appearance of photon-assisted satellites in the current-voltage characteristics and the elimination of hot-phonon-induced negative differential conductance with increasing ac driving amplitude for an asymmetric system. This can be ascribed to an {\em ac-induced suppression} of unequilibrated (hot) phonons in an asymmetric system.

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@article{arxiv.0705.2624,
  title  = {Elimination of negative differential conductance in an asymmetric molecular transistor by an ac-voltage},
  author = {Bing Dong and X. L. Lei and N. J. M. Horing},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.2624},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Accepted by Appl. Phys. Lett