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It is demonstrated that non-equilibrium vibrational effects are enhanced in molecular devices for which the effective potential for vibrations is sensitive to the charge state of the device. We calculate the electron tunneling current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Maarten R. Wegewijs , Katja C. Nowack

The quantum coherence of electronic quasiparticles underpins many of the emerging transport properties of conductors at small scales. Novel electronic implementations of quantum optics devices are now available with perspectives such as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-24 H. Duprez , E. Sivre , A. Anthore , A. Aassime , A. Cavanna , A. Ouerghi , U. Gennser , F. Pierre

The linear conductance of a molecular conductor oscillating between two metallic leads is investigated numerically both for Hubbard interacting and noninteracting electrons. The molecule-leads tunneling barriers depend on the molecule…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 K. A. Al-Hassanieh , C. A. Büsser , G. B. Martins , E. Dagotto

We give a detailed discussion of the Quantum Interference Effect Transistor (QuIET), a proposed device which exploits interference between electron paths through aromatic molecules to modulate current flow. In the off state, perfect…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Charles A. Stafford , David M. Cardamone , Sumit Mazumdar

Quantum transport properties through some multilevel quantum dots sandwiched between two metallic contacts are investigated by the use of Green's function technique. Here we do parametric calculations, based on the tight-binding model, to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Santanu K. Maiti

Quantum interference (QI) in molecular transport junctions can lead to dramatic reductions of the electron transmission at certain energies. In a recent work [Markussen et al., Nano Lett. 2010, 10, 4260] we showed how the presence of such…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Troels Markussen , Robert Stadler , Kristian S. Thygesen

A quantum circuit rule for combining quantum interference (QI) effects in the conductive properties of oligo(phenyleneethynylene) (OPE)-type molecules possessing three aromatic rings was investigated both experimentally and theoretically.…

In classical mechanics and electromagnetism, interference occurs when two or more waves overlap at the same point in spacetime. However, the advent of quantum electrodynamics (QED) and its remarkable success in describing light-matter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-15 Alan C. Santos , Celso J. Villas-Boas

We point out that single electron charging effects such as Coulomb Blockade (CB) and high-bias staircases play a crucial role in transport through single ultrashort molecules. A treatment of Coulomb Blockade through a prototypical molecule,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Bhaskaran Muralidharan , Avik W Ghosh , Swapan K Pati , Supriyo Datta

We find an analytical expression for the conductance of a single electron transistor in the regime when temperature, level spacing, and charging energy of a grain are all of the same order. We consider the model of equidistant energy levels…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Serguei Vorojtsov

We show experimentally how quantum interference can be produced using an integrated quantum system comprising an arch-shaped short quantum wire (or quantum point contact, QPC) of 1D electrons and a reflector forming an electronic cavity. On…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-21 Chengyu Yan , Sanjeev Kumar , Michael Pepper , Patrick See , Ian Farrer , David Ritchie , Jonathan Griffiths , Geraint Jones

We present experimental results and a model to solve the problem of "in-phase Coulomb peaks" observed in transport through a quantum dot. In a marginal region between Coulomb-blockade and open-dot, we have observed Fano-type interference…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Hisashi Aikawa , Kensuke Kobayashi , Akira Sano , Shingo Katsumoto , Yasuhiro Iye

We present a microscopic picture of quantum transport in quantum antidots in the quantum Hall regime taking electron interactions into account. We discuss the edge state structure, energy level evolution, charge quantization and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. Ihnatsenka , I. V. Zozoulenko , G. Kirczenow

We investigate the effect of quantum interferences and Coulomb interaction on the counting statistics of electrons crossing a double quantum dot in a parallel geometry using a generating function technique based on a quantum master equation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-05-26 Sven Welack , Massimiliano Esposito , Upendra Harbola , Shaul Mukamel

Electron transport properties of a biphenyl molecule are studied based on the Green's function formalism. The molecule is sandwiched between two metallic electrodes, where each benzene ring is threaded by a magnetic flux $\phi$. The results…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-15 Santanu K. Maiti

Interference is widely regarded as a foundational attribute of quantum mechanics. However, for a given experimental arrangement, interference can either contribute or not contribute to the outcome depending upon the basis in which it is…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-02-08 Adrien Devolder , Timur V. Tscherbul , Paul Brumer

The ability to detect and distinguish quantum interference signatures is important for both fundamental research and for the realization of devices including electron resonators, interferometers and interference-based spin filters.…

Quantum interference, be it destructive or constructive, has a substantial influence on the magnitude of molecular conductance and consequently there is significant interest in predicting these effects. It is commonly thought that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-21 Kim G. L. Pedersen , Anders Borges , Per Hedegård , Gemma C. Solomon , Mikkel Strange

Electron transport through parallel double quantum dot system with interdot tunneling and strong on-site Coulomb interaction is studied in the Kondo regime by using the finite-$U$ slave boson technique. For a system of quantum dots with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Guo-Hui Ding , C. K. Kim , K. Nahm

Electron transport through a diatomic molecular tunnel junction shows wave like interference phenomenon. By using Keldysh non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) theory, we have explicitly presented current and differential conductance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-12-18 Muhammad Imran