Quantum wires with local particle loss: Transport manifestations of fluctuation-induced effects

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Autori principali: Gievers, Marcel, Müller, Thomas, Fröml, Heinrich, Diehl, Sebastian, Chiocchetta, Alessio
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author Gievers, Marcel
Müller, Thomas
Fröml, Heinrich
Diehl, Sebastian
Chiocchetta, Alessio
author_facet Gievers, Marcel
Müller, Thomas
Fröml, Heinrich
Diehl, Sebastian
Chiocchetta, Alessio
contents We investigate the transport properties of a quantum wire of weakly interacting fermions in the presence of local particle loss. We calculate current and conductance in this system due to applied external chemical potential bias that can be measured in experimental realizations of ultracold fermions in quasi one-dimensional traps. Using a Keldysh field theory approach based on the Lindblad equation, we establish a perturbative scheme to study the effect of imbalanced reservoirs. Logarithmically divergent terms are resummed using a renormalization group method, and a novel powerlaw behavior for the conductance as a function of the potential bias across the wire is found. In contrast to the equilibrium case of a potential barrier in a Luttinger liquid, the conductance exhibits a scaling behavior, which depends on the interaction strength and on the loss probability. Repulsive interactions reduce the conductance of the wire while attractive interactions enhance it. However, perfect reflectivity and transparency are only reached in the absence of particle loss.
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spellingShingle Quantum wires with local particle loss: Transport manifestations of fluctuation-induced effects
Gievers, Marcel
Müller, Thomas
Fröml, Heinrich
Diehl, Sebastian
Chiocchetta, Alessio
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Gases
We investigate the transport properties of a quantum wire of weakly interacting fermions in the presence of local particle loss. We calculate current and conductance in this system due to applied external chemical potential bias that can be measured in experimental realizations of ultracold fermions in quasi one-dimensional traps. Using a Keldysh field theory approach based on the Lindblad equation, we establish a perturbative scheme to study the effect of imbalanced reservoirs. Logarithmically divergent terms are resummed using a renormalization group method, and a novel powerlaw behavior for the conductance as a function of the potential bias across the wire is found. In contrast to the equilibrium case of a potential barrier in a Luttinger liquid, the conductance exhibits a scaling behavior, which depends on the interaction strength and on the loss probability. Repulsive interactions reduce the conductance of the wire while attractive interactions enhance it. However, perfect reflectivity and transparency are only reached in the absence of particle loss.
title Quantum wires with local particle loss: Transport manifestations of fluctuation-induced effects
topic Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Gases
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.12656