Ehrenfest time and the coherent backscattering off ballistic cavities
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
If the Ehrenfest time tau_E of a ballistic cavity is not negligible in comparison to its dwell time tau_D, the weak localization correction to the cavity's transmission is suppressed proportional to exp(-tau_E/tau_D). At the same time, quantum interference enhances the probability of reflection into the mode of incidence by a factor two. This `enhanced backscattering' does not depend on the Ehrenfest time. We show that, in addition to the diagonal enhanced backscattering, there are off-diagonal contributions to coherent backscattering that become relevant if the Ehrenfest time is not negligible.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0512711,
title = {Ehrenfest time and the coherent backscattering off ballistic cavities},
author = {Saar Rahav and Piet W. Brouwer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0512711},
year = {2007}
}
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Revised version, 4 pages, 2 figures