Laser Alignment as a Route to Ultrafast Control of Electron Transport through Junctions

Reuter, Matthew G; Ratner, Mark A.; Seideman, Tamar

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.86.013426

Title: Laser Alignment as a Route to Ultrafast Control of Electron Transport through Junctions

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2012 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.013426· OSTI ID:1047032

Reuter, Matthew G ^[1]; Ratner, Mark A. ^[2]; Seideman, Tamar ^[2]

ORNL
Northwestern University, Evanston

We consider the extension of ultrafast laser alignment schemes to surface-adsorbed molecules, where the laser field coerces the molecule to reorient itself relative to the surface. When probed by a scanning tunneling microscope tip, this reorientation modifies the tip-molecule distance, and thus the tunneling current, suggesting a route to an ultrafast, nanoscale current switch. In addition to exploring the controllability of adsorbed molecules by moderately intense laser fields and discussing the fundamental differences of alignment behavior between surface-adsorbed molecules and gas phase molecules, we computationally investigate the quality of orientation with respect to field intensity, field duration, and the location of the tip. Overall, the molecule moves directly to its oriented configuration, which is reasonably insensitive to the tip location. These results collectively suggest the efficacy of using laser alignment schemes to control electron transport through junctions.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1047032

Journal Information:: Physical Review. A, Vol. 86, Issue 1; ISSN 1050-2947

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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