Vibrational effects in laser driven molecular wires

Details Vibrational effects in laser driven molecular wires Vibrational effects in laser driven molecular wires

2004-03-24

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0403614v1

J. Chem. Phys. 121, 2278 (2004)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

12 pages, 7 figures, RevTeX4 required

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1768154

The influence of an electron-vibrational coupling on the laser control of electron transport through a molecular wire that is attached to several electronic leads is investigated. These molecular vibrational modes induce an effective electron-electron interaction. In the regime where the wire electrons couple weakly to both the external leads and the vibrational modes, we derive within a Hartree-Fock approximation a nonlinear set of quantum kinetic equations. The quantum kinetic theory is then used to evaluate the laser driven, time-averaged electron current through the wire-leads contacts. This novel formalism is applied to two archetypical situations in the presence of electron-vibrational effects, namely, (i) the generation of a ratchet or pump current in a symmetrical molecule by a harmonic mixing field and (ii) the laser switching of the current through the molecule.

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