Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2009-08-24
Phys. Rev. B 80, 245322 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
15 pages, 12 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.80.245322
We investigate electron quantum transport through nano-wires with one-sided surface roughness in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. Exponentially diverging localization lengths are found in the quantum-to-classical crossover regime, controlled by tunneling between regular and chaotic regions of the underlying mixed classical phase space. We show that each regular mode possesses a well-defined mode-specific localization length. We present analytic estimates of these mode localization lengths which agree well with the numerical data. The coupling between regular and chaotic regions can be determined by varying the length of the wire leading to intricate structures in the transmission probabilities. We explain these structures quantitatively by dynamical tunneling in the presence of directed chaos.
Bäcker Arnd
Burgdörfer Joachim
Feist Johannes
Ketzmerick Roland
Rotter Stefan
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