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Anomalous transport phenomena from dissipative charge pumping

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2017-06-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

The Berry curvature involving time and momentum derivatives, which we term emergent electric field, induces a nondisspative current known as the adiabatic charge pumping or Thouless pumping in periodically driven systems. We study dissipative currents originated from the interplay between emergent electric fields and electric/magnetic fields in two and three dimensions on the basis of the Boltzmann transport theory. As an example of two-dimensional models, we study the Rashba Hamiltonian with time-dependent and anisotropic spin-orbit coupling. We show that the interplay between emergent electric fields and electric fields leads to a current transverse to electric fields, which is symmetric and contributes to the entropy production. As an example of three-dimensional models, we study the Weyl Hamiltonian under AC electric fields. We show that the interplay between emergent electric fields and magnetic fields leads to a Hall-type current at zero DC electric fields, which is now transverse to DC magnetic fields: jx=σxyByj_{x}=\sigma_{xy}B_y (σxy=σyx\sigma_{xy}=-\sigma_{yx}). The Hall photocurrent is relevant in the inversion symmetry breaking Weyl semimetals such as TaAs or SrSi2_2.

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@article{arxiv.1706.05787,
  title  = {Anomalous transport phenomena from dissipative charge pumping},
  author = {Tomoya Hayata},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.05787},
  year   = {2017}
}

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6 pages, no figure

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