Nonlinear electron transport effects in a chiral carbon nanotube

Oleg M. Yevtushenko; Gregory Ya Slepyan; Sergey A. Maksimenko; Akhlesh Lakhtakia; Dmitry A. Romanov

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1102

Nonlinear electron transport effects in a chiral carbon nanotube

Oleg M. Yevtushenko, Gregory Ya Slepyan, Sergey A. Maksimenko, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Dmitry A. Romanov

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1102-1105
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	79
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1102
State	Published - Jan 1 1997

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Yevtushenko, O. M., Slepyan, G. Y., Maksimenko, S. A., Lakhtakia, A., & Romanov, D. A. (1997). Nonlinear electron transport effects in a chiral carbon nanotube. Physical Review Letters, 79(6), 1102-1105. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1102

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