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Quantum transport through ballistic cavities: soft vs. hard quantum chaos

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2016-08-31 v2 chao-dyn Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We study transport through a two-dimensional billiard attached to two infinite leads by numerically calculating the Landauer conductance and the Wigner time delay. In the generic case of a mixed phase space we find a power law distribution of resonance widths and a power law dependence of conductance increments apparently reflecting the classical dwell time exponent, in striking difference to the case of a fully chaotic phase space. Surprisingly, these power laws appear on energy scales {\em below} the mean level spacing, in contrast to semiclassical expectations.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9908090,
  title  = {Quantum transport through ballistic cavities: soft vs. hard quantum chaos},
  author = {Bodo Huckestein and Roland Ketzmerick and Caio H. Lewenkopf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9908090},
  year   = {2016}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures

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