Conductance of three-terminal molecular bridge based on tight-binding theory

• 来源期刊: 中国物理（英文版）
• 关键词: molecular bridge transmission probability molecular device
• 年，卷（期）: 2005,（5）
• 页码范围: 1011-1014
• 页数: 4页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

The quantum transmission characteristic of three-benzene ring nano-molecular bridge is investigated theoretically by using Green's function approach based on tight-binding theory with only aπ orbital per carbon atom at the site.The transmission probabilities that electrons transport through the molecular bridge from one terminal to the other two terminals are obtained. The electronic current distributions inside the molecular bridge are calculated and shown in graphical analogy by the current density method based on Fisher-Lee formula at the energy points E=±0.42,±1.06 and ±1.5, respectively, where the transmission spectra appear peaks. We find that the transmission spectra are related to the incident electronic energy and the molecular levels strongly, and the current distributions agree well with Kirchhoff quantum current momentum conservation law.