PROPAGATION OF BAND ELECTRONS ON COUPLED CHAINS IN A MAGNETIC-FIELD

被引:3
作者
YAN, WX [1 ]
ZHAO, XG [1 ]
机构
[1] ACAD SINICA,INST THEORET PHYS,BEIJING 100080,PEOPLES R CHINA
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
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10.1016/0375-9601(95)00458-F
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The problem of propagation of a tight-binding electron on coupled chains in a magnetic field is studied. The exact solution for the mean-square displacement is obtained, from which the coherent evolution of the band electron is found to be tuned periodically by the ratio of the flux passing through a unit cell to the flux quantum. The electron will escape to infinity rapidly when the ratio becomes an integer. When it approaches a half-integer, the electron motion will have a tendency towards localization. These theoretical findings are confirmed by numerical ones.
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