Phonon-associated conductance through a quantum point contact

Hao Chen; Yaoming Shi; Jingzhi Yu; Jia-Lin Zhu; Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.55.9935

Phonon-associated conductance through a quantum point contact

Hao Chen, Yaoming Shi, Jingzhi Yu, Jia-Lin Zhu, and Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

Phys. Rev. B 55, 9935 – Published 15 April 1997

Abstract

By using an independent-boson model we study the electronic conductance through a quantum point contact in the presence of the electron-phonon interaction. We find that the phonon energy plays a crucial role in the quantum behavior of the conductance.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.55.9935

Authors & Affiliations

Hao Chen

Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-77, Japan
and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China

Yaoming Shi