Inelastic effects in Aharonov-Bohm molecular interferometers

Oded Hod*, Roi Baer, Eran Rabani

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Abstract

Inelastic effects arising from electron-phonon coupling in molecular Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interferometers are studied using the nonequilibrium Green's function method. Results for the magnetoconductance are compared for different values of the electron-phonon coupling strength. At low-bias voltages, the coupling to the phonons does not change the lifetime and leads mainly to scattering phase shifts of the conducting electrons. As a result of these dephasing processes, the magnetoconductance of the molecular AB interferometer becomes more sensitive to the threading magnetic flux as the electron-phonon coupling is increased, opposite to the behavior of an electric gate.

Original languageEnglish
Article number266803
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume97
Issue number26
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

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