title: Robust ultrafast currents in molecular wires through Stark shifts.
abstract: A novel way to induce ultrafast currents in molecular wires using two incident laser frequencies, omega and 2omega, is demonstrated. The mechanism relies on Stark shifts, instead of near-resonance photon absorption, to transfer population to the excited states and exploits the temporal profile of the field to generate phase-controllable transport. Calculations in a trans- polyacetylene oligomer coupled to metallic leads indicate that the mechanism is highly efficient and robust to ultrafast electronic dephasing processes induced by vibronic couplings.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Physics Theory Group, Department of Chemistry, Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Control, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brumer