Fano-Rashba effect in thermoelectricity of a double quantum dot molecular junction

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-10

  Liu, Y S ^a   Hong, X K ^a   Feng, J F ^a   Yang, X F ^a,b  

^a CHANGSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aharonov bohm interferometer; Fano effects; Quantum dots; Rashba spin orbit interaction

Indexed keywords

AHARONOV-BOHM INTERFEROMETERS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COUPLING STRENGTHS; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; DOUBLE QUANTUM DOTS; EQUATION OF MOTION; FANO EFFECTS; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PHASE COHERENT; RASHBA SPIN ORBIT INTERACTION; RASHBA SPIN-ORBIT INTERACTIONS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTERFEROMETERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84862972701     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-618     Document Type: Article

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