Nonequilibrium Green's-Function Approach to the Suppression of Rectification at Metal--Mott-Insulator Interfaces

Details Nonequilibrium Green's-Function Approach to the Suppression of Rectification at Metal--Mott-Insulator Interfaces Nonequilibrium Green's-Function Approach to the Suppression of Rectification at Metal--Mott-Insulator Interfaces

2009-02-27

arxiv.org/abs/0902.4766v2

J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 78, 054705 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

18 pages, Figs. 1(b), 2, and 8 replaced. Corrected typos

Scientific paper

10.1143/JPSJ.78.054705

Suppression of rectification at metal--Mott-insulator interfaces, which is previously shown by numerical solutions to the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation and experiments on real devices, is reinvestigated theoretically by nonequilibrium Green's functions. The one-dimensional Hubbard model is used for a Mott insulator. The effects of attached metallic electrodes are incorporated into the self-energy. A scalar potential originating from work-function differences and satisfying the Poisson equation is added to the model. For the electron density, we decompose it into three parts. One is obtained by integrating the local density of states over energy to the midpoint of the electrodes' chemical potentials. The others, obtained by integrating lesser Green's functions, are due to the couplings with the electrodes and correspond to an inflow and an outflow of electrons. In Mott insulators, incoming electrons and holes are extended over the whole system, avoiding further accumulation of charge relative to the case without bias. This induces collective charge transport and results in the suppression of rectification.

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