TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonlinear electron transport effects in a chiral carbon nanotube
AU - Yevtushenko, Oleg M.
AU - Slepyan, Gregory Ya
AU - Maksimenko, Sergey A.
AU - Lakhtakia, Akhlesh
AU - Romanov, Dmitry A.
PY - 1997/1/1
Y1 - 1997/1/1
N2 - We present a novel, general, semiclassical theory of electron transport in a carbon nanotube exposed to an external electric field. The charge carriers are treated in the framework of the simplified tight-binding model. Simultaneous exposure to rapidly oscillating (ac) and constant (dc) electric fields is considered to exemplify our theory. Nonlinear and chiral effects are found, and their interaction is delineated. We predict the effect of an ac electric field on the magnitude and the direction of the total time-averaged current.
AB - We present a novel, general, semiclassical theory of electron transport in a carbon nanotube exposed to an external electric field. The charge carriers are treated in the framework of the simplified tight-binding model. Simultaneous exposure to rapidly oscillating (ac) and constant (dc) electric fields is considered to exemplify our theory. Nonlinear and chiral effects are found, and their interaction is delineated. We predict the effect of an ac electric field on the magnitude and the direction of the total time-averaged current.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1102
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1102
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:6144271316
VL - 79
SP - 1102
EP - 1105
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 6
ER -