Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2009-09-24
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
We report first principles investigation of time-dependent current of molecular devices under a step-like pulse.Our results show that although the switch-on time of the molecular device is comparable to the transit time, much longer time is needed to reach the steady state. In reaching the steady state the current is dominated by resonant states below Fermi level. The contribution of each resonant state to the current shows the damped oscillatory behavior with frequency equal to the bias of the step-like pulse and decay rate determined by the life time of the corresponding resonant state. We found that all the resonant states below Fermi level have to be included for accurate results. This indicates that going beyond wideband limit is essential for a quantitative analysis of transient dynamics of molecular devices.
Wang Bin
Wang Jian
Xing Yanxia
Zhang Lianchang
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