Threshold Behavior of Charge-Density Waves Pinned by Impurities
- 9 May 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 50 (19) , 1486-1489
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.50.1486
Abstract
A time-dependent mean-field theory of the nonlinear electric field response of a charge-density wave pinned by impurities is implemented. It is found that above a threshold electric field , the charge-density wave moves with velocity . Some general discussion of the behavior as a function of dimension is included.
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