Quantum discord and classical correlation signatures of mobility edges in one-dimensional aperiodic single-electron systems

We investigate numerically the quantum discord and the classical correlation in a one-dimensional slowly varying potential model and a one-dimensional Soukoulis-Economou ones, respectively. There are well-defined mobility edges in the slowly varying potential model, while there are discrepancies on mobility edges in the Soukoulis-Economou ones. In the slowly varying potential model, we find that extended and localized states can be distinguished by both the quantum discord and the classical correlation. There are sharp transitions in the quantum discord and the classical correlation at mobility edges. Based on these, we study "mobility edges" in the Soukoulis-Economou model using the quantum discord and the classical correlation, which gives another perspectives for these "mobility edges". All these provide us good quantities, i.e., the quantum discord and the classical correlation, to reflect mobility edges in these one-dimensional aperiodic single-electron systems. Moreover, our studies propose a consistent interpretation of the discrepancies between previous numerical results about the Soukoulis-Economou model. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.