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Quantum-classical correspondence in the wavefunctions of Andreev billiards

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-05-23 v1 Superconductivity Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We present a classical and quantum mechanical study of an Andreev billiard with a chaotic normal dot. We demonstrate that in general the classical dynamics of these normal-superconductor hybrid systems is mixed, thereby indicating the limitations of a widely used retracing approximation. We show that the mixed classical dynamics gives rise to a wealth of wavefunction phenomena, including periodic orbit scarring and localization of the wavefunction onto other classical phase space objects such as intermittent regions and quantized tori.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0506671,
  title  = {Quantum-classical correspondence in the wavefunctions of Andreev billiards},
  author = {A. Kormanyos and Z. Kaufmann and J. Cserti and C. J. Lambert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0506671},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures, good quality figures are available upon request