Robust negative differential conductance and enhanced shot noise in transport through a molecular transistor with vibration assistance

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 885-890

  Dong, Bing ^a   Lei, X L ^a   Horing, N J M ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Negative differential conductance; Super Poissonian shot noise; Vibration assisted tunneling

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MOLECULES; PHONONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; ROCKETS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SHOT NOISE; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); VIBRATORS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; CURRENT NOISE; CURRENT VOLTAGE (I V) CHARACTERISTICS; INTERNAL VIBRATION; MOLECULAR QUANTUM DOTS; MOLECULAR TRANSISTORS; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCE (NDC); ORBITAL (CO); POISSONIAN; RATE EQUATIONS; SEQUENTIAL TUNNELLING; ZERO FREQUENCY SHOT NOISE;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 44649167588     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.923271     Document Type: Article

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