Non-linear conductivity in Coulomb glasses

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作者
Caravaca, M. [1 ]
Vojeje, A. [2 ]
Bergli, J. [2 ]
Ortuno, M. [1 ]
Somoza, A. M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Murcia, Dept Fis, CIO&N, E-30071 Murcia, Spain
[2] Univ Oslo, Dept Phys, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
关键词
Coulomb glass; nonlinear conductivity; hopping; Monte Carlo; SYSTEMS; ALGORITHM;
D O I
10.1002/andp.200910377
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We have studied the nonlinear conductivity of two-dimensional Coulomb glasses. We have used a Monte Carlo algorithm to simulate the dynamic of the system under an applied electric field E. We have compared results for two different models: a regular square lattice with only diagonal disorder and a random array of sites with diagonal and off-diagonal disorder. We have found that for moderate fields the logarithm of the conductivity is proportional to root E/T-2, reproducing experimental results. We have also found that in the nonlinear regime the site occupancy in the Coulomb gap follows a Fermi-Dirac distribution with an effective temperature T-eff higher than the phonon bath temperature T. (C) 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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页码:873 / 876
页数:4
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