Theory of Inelastic Electron-Molecule Interactions in Tunnel Junctions

D. J. Scalapino and S. M. Marcus
Phys. Rev. Lett. 18, 459 – Published 20 March 1967
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Abstract

The excess tunneling current due to inelastic electron-molecule interactions near the metal-insulator interface is calculated. The expression for the second derivative of this excess current is proportional to the dipole spectral weight function of the molecule.

  • Received 27 January 1967

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.18.459

©1967 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

D. J. Scalapino*

  • Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

S. M. Marcus

  • Central Research Department, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Experimental Station, Wilmington, Delaware

  • *Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow. Work supported in part by the National Science Foundation.
  • Contribution No. 1302.

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Vol. 18, Iss. 12 — 20 March 1967

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