Dynamical properties of a nonequilibrium quantum dot close to localized-delocalized quantum phase transitions

TL;DR

This paper investigates the dynamical properties of a nonequilibrium quantum dot near a quantum phase transition, revealing how decoherence and susceptibility behaviors change across the transition using a nonequilibrium FRG approach.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of the dynamical decoherence rate and susceptibility near the delocalized-localized quantum phase transition in a nonequilibrium quantum dot, using the nonequilibrium functional Renormalization Group method.

Findings

Decoherence rate increases with frequency and shows a singularity at bias voltage in the delocalized phase.

At the transition, low-frequency decoherence rate decreases and becomes linear, smearing out the singularity.

Charge susceptibility exhibits a dip-to-peak crossover across the phase transition.

Abstract

We calculate the dynamical decoherence rate and susceptibility of a nonequilibrium quantum dot close to the delocalized-to-localized quantum phase transitions. The setup concerns a resonance-level coupled to two spinless fermionic baths with a finite bias voltage and an Ohmic bosonic bath representing the dissipative environment. The system is equivalent to an anisotropic Kondo model. As the dissipation strength increases, the system at zero temperature and zero bias show quantum phase transition between a conducting delocalized phase to an insulating localized phase. Within the nonequilibrium functional Renormalization Group (FRG) approach, we address the finite bias crossover in dynamical decoherence rate and charge susceptibility close to the phase transition. We find the dynamical decoherence rate increases with increasing frequency. In the delocalized phase, it shows a singularity at frequencies equal to positive or negative bias voltage. As the system crossovers to the localized phase, the decoherence rate at low frequencies get progressively smaller and this sharp feature is gradually smeared out, leading to a single linear frequency dependence. The dynamical charge susceptibility shows a dip-to-peak crossover across the delocalized-to-localized transition. Relevance of our results to the experiments is discussed.