QUANTUM PERSISTENT CURRENTS AND CLASSICAL PERIODIC-ORBITS

被引:32
作者
VONOPPEN, F [1 ]
RIEDEL, EK [1 ]
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[1] UNIV WASHINGTON, DEPT PHYS, SEATTLE, WA 98195 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1993年 / 48卷 / 12期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.48.9170
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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Semiclassical theory relates mesoscopic persistent currents to classical periodic orbits. This is used to demonstrate that persistent currents are a sensitive probe of quantum chaos, exhibiting different universal dependences on the Fermi velocity for integrable and for completely chaotic ballistic microstructures. A study of the Sinai-billiard geometry reveals that the universality classes do not coincide with those of the spectral spacing distribution. Our conclusions are supported by numerical calculations.
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页码:9170 / 9173
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