Fermi edge singularity in a non-equilibrium system

Details Fermi edge singularity in a non-equilibrium system Fermi edge singularity in a non-equilibrium system

2003-04-25

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0304583v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

4 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.266602

We report exact results for the Fermi Edge Singularity in the absorption spectrum of an out-of-equilibrium tunnel junction. We consider two metals with chemical potential difference V separated by a tunneling barrier containing a defect, which exists in one of two states. When it is in its excited state, tunneling through the otherwise impermeable barrier is possible. We find that the lineshape not only depends on the total scattering phase shift as in the equilibrium case but also on the difference in the phase of the reflection amplitudes on the two sides of the barrier. The out-of-equilibrium spectrum extends below the original threshold as energy can be provided by the power source driving current across the barrier. Our results have a surprisingly simple interpretation in terms of known results for the equilibrium case but with (in general complex-valued) combinations of elements of the scattering matrix replacing the equilibrium phase shifts.

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