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Delocalization in coupled one-dimensional chains

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-10-31 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

A weakly disordered quasi-one-dimensional tight-binding hopping model with NN rows is considered. The probability distribution of the Landauer conductance is calculated exactly in the middle of the band, ϵ=0\epsilon=0, and it is shown that a delocalization transition at this energy takes place if and only if NN is odd. This even-odd effect is explained by level repulsion of the transmission eigenvalues.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9807189,
  title  = {Delocalization in coupled one-dimensional chains},
  author = {P. W. Brouwer and C. Mudry and B. D. Simons and A. Altland},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9807189},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, RevTeX; 1 figure included; to appear in Phys. Rev. Letters