Physics – Condensed Matter – Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Scientific paper
1999-04-14
Nucl. Phys. B 565, 653 (2000)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
12 pages, RevTeX; 3 figures included with epsf
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00518-0
It is shown that, in the scaling regime, transport properties of quantum wires with off-diagonal disorder are described by a family of scaling equations that depend on two parameters: the mean free path and an additional continuous parameter. The existing scaling equation for quantum wires with off-diagonal disorder [Brouwer et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 862 (1998)] is a special point in this family. Both parameters depend on the details of the microscopic model. Since there are two parameters involved, instead of only one, localization in a wire with off-diagonal disorder is not universal. We take a geometric point of view and show that this nonuniversality follows from the fact that the group of transfer matrices is not semi-simple. Our results are illustrated with numerical simulations for a tight-binding model with random hopping amplitudes.
Brouwer Piet. W.
Furusaki Akira
Mudry Christopher
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