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Semiclassical theory of ballistic transport through chaotic cavities with spin-orbit interaction

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2010-02-25 v1 Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We investigate the influence of spin-orbit interaction on ballistic transport through chaotic cavities by using semiclassical methods. Our approach is based on the Landauer formalism and the Fisher-Lee relations, appropriately generalized to spin-orbit interaction, and a semiclassical representation of Green functions. We calculate conductance coefficients by exploiting ergodicity and mixing of suitably combined classical spin-orbit dynamics, and making use of the Sieber-Richter method and its most recent extensions. That way we obtain weak anti-localization and confirm previous results obtained in the symplectic ensemble of Random Matrix Theory.

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@article{arxiv.0704.2702,
  title  = {Semiclassical theory of ballistic transport through chaotic cavities with spin-orbit interaction},
  author = {Jens Bolte and Daniel Waltner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.2702},
  year   = {2010}
}