Density Waves in a Transverse Electric Field

Abstract

In a quasi-one-dimensional conductor with an open Fermi surface, a Charge or a Spin Density Wave phase can be destroyed by an electric field perpendicular to the direction of high conductivity. This mechanism, due to the breakdown of electron-hole symmetry, is very similar to the orbital destruction of superconductivity by a magnetic field, due to time-reversal symmetry.

3 pages, Latex, 2 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. B Rapid Comm

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• Topological Dislocations and Mixed State of Charge Density Waves

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