Anomalous Enhancement of Entanglement Entropy in Nonequilibrium Steady States Driven by Zero-Temperature Reservoirs
Abstract
We investigate the size scaling of the entanglement entropy (EE) in nonequilibrium steady states (NESSs) of a one-dimensional open quantum system with a random potential. It models a mesoscopic conductor, composed of a long quantum wire (QWR) with impurities and two electron reservoirs at zero temperature. The EE at equilibrium obeys the logarithmic law. However, in NESSs far from equilibrium the EE grows anomalously fast, obeying the "quasi volume law", although the conductor is driven by the zero-temperature reservoirs. This anomalous behavior arises from both the far from equilibrium condition and multiple scatterings due to impurities.
- Publication:
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Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
- Pub Date:
- February 2019
- DOI:
- 10.7566/JPSJ.88.023001
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1706.03479
- Bibcode:
- 2019JPSJ...88b3001H
- Keywords:
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- Quantum Physics;
- Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
- E-Print:
- 7 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables (supplemental material: 7 pages, 11 figures), accepted version