Frequency scaling of photo-induced tunneling
Abstract
The DC current-voltage characteristics, induced by a driving electric field with frequency Omega, of a one dimensional electron channel with a tunnel barrier is calculated. Electron-electron interaction of finite-range is taken into account. For intermediate interaction strengths, the non-linear differential conductance shows cusp-like minima at bias voltages integer multiples of hbar Omega / e that are a consequence of the finite non-zero range of the interaction but are independent of the shape of the driving electric field. However, the frequency-scaling of the photo-induced current shows a cross-over between Omega^{-1} and Omega^{-2}, and depends on the spatial shape of the driving field and the range of the interaction.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9909084,
title = {Frequency scaling of photo-induced tunneling},
author = {Gianaurelio Cuniberti and Andrea Fechner and Maura Sassetti and Bernhard Kramer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9909084},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
7 pages, EURO-TeX, 3 figures, to appear in Europhysics Letters