EFFECT OF INELASTIC PROCESSES ON TUNNELING

被引:139
作者
BONCA, J
TRUGMAN, SA
机构
[1] LOS ALAMOS NATL LAB,CTR NONLINEAR STUDIES,LOS ALAMOS,NM 87545
[2] UNIV LJUBLJANA,JOZEF STEFAN INST,LJUBLJANA 61111,SLOVENIA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.2566
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We study an electron that interacts with phonons or other linear or nonlinear excitations as it resonantly tunnels. The method we use is based on mapping a many-body problem in a large variational space exactly onto a one-body problem. The method is conceptually simpler than previous Green's function approaches, and allows the essentially exact numerical solution of much more general problems. We solve tunneling problems with transverse channels, multiple sites coupled to phonons, and multiple phonon degrees of freedom and excitations.
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页码:2566 / 2569
页数:4
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