Linear response theory of Coulomb drag in coupled electron systems

Physics – Condensed Matter

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10.1103/PhysRevB.52.14761

We report a fully microscopic theory for transconductivity, or, equivalently, momentum transfer rate, of Coulomb coupled electron systems. We use the Kubo linear response formalism, and our main formal result expresses the transconductivity in terms of two fluctuation diagrams, which are topologically related, but not equivalent to, the Aslamazov-Larkin diagrams known for superconductivity. Previously reported results are shown to be special cases of our general expression; specifically, for constant impurity scattering rates, we recover the Boltzmann equation results in the semiclassical clean limit, and the memory function results in dirty systems. Furthermore, we show that for energy dependent relaxation times, the final result is not expressible in terms of standard density-response functions. Other new results include: (i) at T=0, the frequency dependence of the transfer rate is found to be proportional to $\Omega$ and $\Omega^2$ for frequencies below and above the impurity scattering rate, respectively and (ii) the weak localization correction to the transconductivity is given by $\delta\sigma^{WL}_{21} \propto \delta\sigma^{WL}_{11} +\delta\sigma^{WL}_{22}$.

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