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The dynamics of charge-density waves
Abstract
In many materials with a highly anisotropic band structure, electron-phonon interactions lead to a novel type of ground state called the charge-density wave. The condensate is pinned to the underlying lattice by impurities and by boundary effects, but can, even for small electric fields, carry current in a fashion originally envisioned by Fr\"ohlich. This review discusses some of the underlying theories and the main experimental observations on this new collective transport phenomenon. The frequency- and electric-field-dependent conductivity, current oscillations, electric-field-dependent transport coefficients and elastic properties, together with nuclear-magnetic-resonance experiments, provide clear evidence for a translational motion of the condensate. Various theories, involving classical and quantum-mechanical concepts, are able to account for a broad variety of experimental findings, which were also made in the presence of combined dc and ac fields.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Grüner, G.
- Venue
- Reviews of Modern Physics
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1988-10-01
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1129-1181
- ISSN
- 0034-6861 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2091286255
- Cited by
- 2,181
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 12.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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