Numerical method for non-linear steady-state transport in one-dimensional correlated conductors

Abstract

We present a method for investigating the steady-state transport properties of one-dimensional correlated quantum systems. Using a procedure based on our analysis of finite-size effects in a related classical model (LC line) we show that stationary currents can be obtained from transient currents in finite systems driven out of equilibrium. The non-equilibrium dynamics of correlated quantum systems is calculated using the time-evolving block decimation method. To demonstrate our method we determine the full I-V characteristic of the spinless fermion model with nearest-neighbour hopping t_H and interaction V_H using two different setups to generate currents (turning on/off a potential bias). Our numerical results agree with exact results for non-interacting fermions (V_H=0). For interacting fermions we find that in the linear regime eV << 4t_H the current I is independent from the setup and our numerical data agree with the predictions of the Luttinger liquid theory combined with the Bethe Ansatz solution. For larger potentials V the steady-state current depends on the current-generating setup and as V increases we find a negative differential conductance with one setup while the currents saturate at finite values in the other one. Both effects are due to finite renormalized bandwidths.

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