Abstract
The effect of impurities on the dynamic properties of the charge density wave (CDW) system is explored through numerical simulations based on the one-dimensional Fukuyama, Lee and Rice (FLR) elastic model of weakly pinned incommensurate CDW. In agreement with previous experimental work, the current density
J
CDW transported by the sliding CDW and the associated excess conductivity σ
CDW are found to obey respectively the laws
J
CDW ∝ (E/E
T−1)
α and σ
CDW ∝ (E
T/E) (E/E
T −1
α in a wide range of fields and impurity concentrations; α is an impurities dependent exponent and
E
T is the threshold field. The spatial mean velocity fluctuations present a pic which broadens with increasing field for
E ⪢ E
T.