Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
1999-03-09
PRB 60, 5818 (1999)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
28 pages, 6 figures (14ps-files)
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.60.5818
The calculation of the dephasing time in electron systems is presented. By means of the Keldysh formalism we discuss in a unifying way both weak localization and interaction effects in disordered systems. This allows us to show how dephasing arises both in the particle-particle channel (weak localization) and in the particle-hole channel (interaction effect). First we discuss dephasing by an external field. Besides reviewing previous work on how an external oscillating field suppresses the weak localization correction, we derive a new expression for the effect of a field on the interaction correction. We find that the latter may be suppressed by a static electric field, in contrast to weak localization. We then consider dephasing due to inelastic scattering. The ambiguities involved in the definition of the dephasing time are clarified by directly comparing the diagrammatic approach with the path-integral approach. We show that different dephasing times appear in the particle-particle and particle-hole channels. Finally we comment on recent experiments.
Castellani Claudio
Raimondi Roberto
Schwab Peter
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