Dissipative tunneling and orthogonality catastrophe in molecular transistors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Braig, Stephan ^a   Flensberg, Karsten ^a,b  

^a Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEVICE; DIPOLE; ELECTRICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHONON; SEMICONDUCTOR; VIBRATION;

EID: 19544362532     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.085317     Document Type: Article

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