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    Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Jul 9;93(2):027004. Epub 2004 Jul 8.

    Nonlinear transport near a quantum phase transition in two dimensions.

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    National High Field Magnetic Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, USA.

    Abstract

    The problem of nonlinear transport near a quantum phase transition is solved within the Landau theory for the dissipative insulator-superconductor phase transition in two dimensions. Using the nonequilibrium Schwinger round-trip Green function formalism, we obtain the scaling function for the nonlinear conductivity in the quantum-disordered regime. We find that the conductivity scales as E2 at low fields but crosses over at large fields to a universal constant on the order of e(2)/h. The crossover between these two regimes obtains when the length scale for the quantum fluctuations becomes comparable to that of the electric field within logarithmic accuracy.

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    15323944
    [PubMed]

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