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Title: Comment on “Frequency-domain stimulated and spontaneous light emission signals at molecular junctions” [J. Chem. Phys. 141, 074107 (2014)]

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916523· OSTI ID:22415621
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 (United States)
  2. Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 (United States)
  3. School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978 (Israel)

We discuss the derivation of the optical response in molecular junctions presented by U. Harbola et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 141, 074107 (2014)], which questions some terms in the theory of Raman scattering in molecular junctions developed in our earlier publications. We show that the terms considered in our theory represent the correct contribution to calculated Raman scattering and are in fact identical to those considered by Harbola et al. We also indicate drawbacks of the presented approach in treating the quantum transport part of the problem.

OSTI ID:
22415621
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 142, Issue 13; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English