Dephasing rate SP formula

Dephasing rate SP formula

The SP formula for the dephasing rate Γφ of a particle that moves in a fluctuating environment, unifies various results that have been obtained, notably in condensed matter physics with regard to the motion of electrons in a metal [1] [2] [3] [4]. The general case requires to take into account not only the temporal correlations but also the spatial correlations of the environmental fluctuations [5]. These can be characterized by the spectral form factor \tilde{S}(q,\omega), while the motion of the particle is characterized by its power spectrum \tilde{P}(q,\omega). Consequently at finite temperature the expression for the dephasing rate takes the following form that involves "S" and "P" functions: [6] [7] [8]


\Gamma_{\varphi} \ = \ \int d{q} \int \frac{d\omega}{2\pi} \,\tilde{S}({q},\omega) \, \tilde{P}(-{q},-\omega)

Due to inherent limitations of the semiclassical (stationary phase) approximation the physically correct procedure is to use the non-symmetrized quantum versions of \tilde{S}(q,\omega) and \tilde{P}(q,\omega). The argument is based on the analogy of the above expression with Fermi-golden-rule calculation of the transitions which are induced by the system-environment interaction.

Derivation

It is most illuminating to understand the SP formula in the context of the DLD model, which describes motion in dynamical disorder. In order to derive the dephasing rate formula from first principles, a purity-based definition of the dephasing factor can be adopted.[9] The purity P(t) = e F(t) describes how a quantum state becomes mixed due to the entanglement of the system with the environment. Using perturbation theory, one recovers at finite temperatures at the long time limit F(t) = Γφt where the decay constant is given by the dephasing rate formula with non symmetrized spectral functions as expected. There is a somewhat controversial possibility to get power law decay of P(t) at the limit of zero temperature.[10] The proper way to incorporate Pauli blocking in the many-body dephasing calculation,[11] within the framework of the SP formula approach, has been clarified as well.[12]

Example

For the standard 1D Caldeira-Leggett Ohmic environment, with temperature T and friction η, the spectral form factor is

\tilde{S}(q,\omega) \ = \ \frac{(2\pi)\delta(q)}{q^2}  \, \left[\frac{2\eta\omega}{1-e^{-\omega/T}}\right]

This expression reflects that in the classical limit the electron experiences "white temporal noise", which means force that is not correlated in time, but uniform is space (high q components are absent). In contrast to that, for diffusive motion of an electron in a 3D metallic environment, which is created by the rest of the electrons, the spectral form factor is


\tilde{S}(q,\omega) \ = \ 
\frac{1}{\nu Dq^2} 
\left[\frac{2\omega}{1-e^{-\omega/T}}\right].

This expression reflects that in the classical limit the electron experiences "white spatio-temporal noise", which means force that is neither correlated in time nor in space. The power spectrum of a single diffusive electron is


\tilde{P}(q,\omega) \ \ = \ \ \frac{2Dq^2}{\omega^2+(Dq^2)^2}

But in the many body context this expression acquires a "Fermi blocking factor":

\tilde{P}(q,\omega) \ \ = \ \ 
\frac{d}{d\omega} \left[\frac{\omega}{1-e^{-\omega/T}}\right]
\times \frac{2Dq^2}{\omega^2+(Dq^2)^2}

Calculating the SP integral we get the well known result \Gamma_{\varphi} \propto T^{3/2}.

References

  1. ^ B. Altshuler, A. Aronov, and D. Khmelnitskii, J. Phys. C 15, 7367 (1982)
  2. ^ H. Fukuyama and E. Abrahams, Phys. Rev. B 27, 5976 (1983)
  3. ^ S. Chakravarty and A. Schmid, Phys. Rep. 140, 193 (1986)
  4. ^ A. Stern, Y. Aharonov, and Y. Imry, Phys. Rev. A 41, 3436 (1990)
  5. ^ D. Cohen, Phys. Rev. E 55, 1422 (1997); Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2878 (1997)
  6. ^ D. Cohen, J. Phys. A 31, 8199 (1998)
  7. ^ D. Cohen and Y. Imry, Phys. Rev. B 59, 11143 (1999)
  8. ^ Y. Imry, Introduction to Mesoscopic Physics (Oxford University Press, 2002)
  9. ^ D. Cohen and B. Horovitz, J. Phys. A 40, 12281 (2007); Europhys. Lett. 81, 30001 (2008)
  10. ^ D.S. Golubev and A.D. Zaikin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1074 (1998).
  11. ^ F. Marquardt, J. von Delft, R.A. Smith, and V. Ambegaokar, Phys. Rev. B 76, 195331 (2007)
  12. ^ D. Cohen, J. von Delft, F. Marquardt and Y. Imry, Phys. Rev. B 80, 245410 (2009)

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