Laser-induced currents along molecular wire junctions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Franco, Ignacio ^a   Shapiro, Moshe ^b,c   Brumer, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACETYLENE; DYNAMICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; INDUCED CURRENTS; LASERS; LEAD; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; OLIGOMERS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POLYMERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; WIRE;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP); DINGER EQUATION; ELECTRON-VIBRATIONAL INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONIC DECOHERENCE; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORTS; FEMTO SECONDS; HIGHLY EFFICIENT; LASER FIELDS; LASER-INDUCED; MEAN FIELDS; METALLIC LEADS; MOLECULAR NANOJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR REGION; MOLECULAR WIRE JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR WIRES (MW); ORBITALS; PHOTO-INDUCED; QUANTUM CLASSICAL; TRANS POLYACETYLENE; ULTRA-FAST;

MOLECULES;

EID: 46149101796     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2940796     Document Type: Article

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