# Electron Counting Statistics for Non-Additive Environments

## TL;DR

This paper develops a model for electron transport in molecular electronics considering strong vibrational coupling, revealing non-additive effects on current, noise, and Fano factor using counting statistics.

## Contribution

It introduces a non-additive approach to model lead couplings in systems with strong vibrational interactions, advancing understanding of electron transport in molecular devices.

## Key findings

- Strong vibrational coupling affects electron flow statistics.
- Non-additive lead couplings alter current and noise characteristics.
- The model captures non-Markovian effects in electron transport.

## Abstract

Molecular electronics is a rapidly developing field focused on using molecules as the structural basis for electronic components. It is common in such devices for the system of interest to couple simultaneously to multiple environments. Here we consider a model comprised of a double quantum dot (or molecule) coupled strongly to vibrations and weakly to two electronic leads held at arbitrary bias voltage. The strong vibrational coupling invalidates treating the bosonic and electronic environments simply as acting additively, as would be the case in the weak coupling regime or for flat leads at infinite bias. Instead, making use of the reaction coordinate framework we incorporate the dominant vibrational coupling effects within an enlarged system Hamiltonian. This allows us to derive a non-additive form for the lead couplings that accounts properly for the influence of strong and non-Markovian coupling between the double dot system and the vibrations. Applying counting statistics techniques we track electron flow between the double dot and the electronic leads, revealing both strong-coupling and non-additive effects in the electron current, noise and Fano factor.