Inelastic scattering in resonant tunneling

Ned S. Wingreen, Karsten W. Jacobsen, and John W. Wilkins
Phys. Rev. B 40, 11834 – Published 15 December 1989
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Abstract

The exact resonant-tunneling transmission probability for an electron interacting with phonons is presented in the limit that the elastic coupling to the leads is independent of energy. The phonons produce transmission sidebands but do not affect the integrated transmission probability or the escape rate of the electron from the resonant site. In the Appendixes, we evaluate the Green function that appears in the expression for the transmission probability.

  • Received 10 August 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.40.11834

©1989 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Ned S. Wingreen

  • Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-2501

Karsten W. Jacobsen

  • Laboratory of Applied Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark

John W. Wilkins

  • Department of Physics, Ohio State University, 174 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1106

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Vol. 40, Iss. 17 — 15 December 1989

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