Rectification of laser-induced electronic transport through molecules

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3283-3293

  Lehmann, Jörg ^a   Kohler, Sigmund ^a   Hänggi, Peter ^a   Nitzan, Abraham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LASER APPLICATIONS; MOLECULES;

LASER RADIATION;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 0037440810     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1536639     Document Type: Article

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