Quasi-particle propagation across semiconductor-Mott insulator interfaces
Quasi-particle propagation across semiconductor-Mott insulator interfaces
Verlage, J.; Queißer, F.; Szpak, N.; König, J.; Kratzer, P.; Schützhold, R.
Abstract
As a prototypical example for a heterostructure combining a weakly and a strongly interacting quantum many-body system, we study the interface between a semiconductor and a Mott insulator. Via the hierarchy of correlations, we derive and match the propagating or evanescent quasi-particle solutions on both sides. While the propagation is described by a band-like dispersion in both the weakly and the strongly interacting case, the inverse decay length across the interface follows a different dependence on the band gap in the Mott insulator and the semiconductor. As one consequence, tunnelling through a Mott insulating layer behaves quite different from a semiconducting (or band insulating) layer. For example, we find a strong suppression of tunnelling for energies in the middle between the upper and lower Hubbard band of the Mott insulator.
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arXiv:2303.13507 [cond-mat.str-el]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.13507
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2303.13507
arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.13507
Permalink: https://www.hzdr.de/publications/Publ-38591