Charge-memory effect in a polaron model: Equation-of-motion method for Green functions

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  D'Amico, Pino ^a   Ryndyk, Dmitry A ^a   Cuniberti, Gianaurelio ^b   Richter, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HYSTERESIS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; POLARONS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

BI-STABILITY; BIAS-VOLTAGE; COUPLING STRENGTHS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; GREEN FUNCTIONS; HYSTERETIC BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL PARAMETERS; MEMORY EFFECTS; MEMORY ELEMENTS; METALLIC LEADS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN FUNCTION; POLARON MODELS; QUANTUM SYSTEMS; SINGLE MOLECULES; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONAL MODE;

DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS;

EID: 49349088866     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/8/085002     Document Type: Article

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