Zener transitions between dissipative Bloch bands. II: Current Response at Finite Temperature

Details Zener transitions between dissipative Bloch bands. II: Current Response at Finite Temperature Zener transitions between dissipative Bloch bands. II: Current Response at Finite Temperature

1999-10-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9910290v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

5 pages, LateX, plus 5 postscript figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.62.5010

We extend, to include the effects of finite temperature, our earlier study of the interband dynamics of electrons with Markoffian dephasing under the influence of uniform static electric fields. We use a simple two-band tight-binding model and study the electric current response as a function of field strength and the model parameters. In addition to the Esaki-Tsu peak, near where the Bloch frequency equals the damping rate, we find current peaks near the Zener resonances, at equally spaced values of the inverse electric field. These become more prominenent and numerous with increasing bandwidth (in units of the temperature, with other parameters fixed). As expected, they broaden with increasing damping (dephasing).

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