title: Inelastic effects in Aharonov-Bohm molecular interferometers.
abstract: Inelastic effects arising from electron-phonon coupling in molecular Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interferometers are studied using the nonequilibrium Green's function method. Results for the magnetoconductance are compared for different values of the electron-phonon coupling strength. At low-bias voltages, the coupling to the phonons does not change the lifetime and leads mainly to scattering phase shifts of the conducting electrons. As a result of these dephasing processes, the magnetoconductance of the molecular AB interferometer becomes more sensitive to the threading magnetic flux as the electron-phonon coupling is increased, opposite to the behavior of an electric gate.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
authors.forename: Oded
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hod
authors.forename: Roi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baer
authors.forename: Eran
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rabani