Mott insulator breakdown through pattern formation

Abstract

We study the breakdown of a Mott insulator with the thermodynamic imbalance induced by an applied bias voltage. By analyzing the instabilities of the magnetic susceptibility, we describe a rich non-equilibrium phase diagram, obtained for different applied voltages, that exhibits phases with a spatially patterned charge gap. For a finite voltage, smaller than the value of the equilibrium Mott gap, the formation of patterns coincides with the emergence of mid-gap states contributing to a finite steady-state conductance. We discuss the experimental implications of this new scenario of Mott breakdown.

5 pages + 4 pages of supplemental material, 3 figures

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