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Smooth-disorder Effects in Ballistic Microstructures
Richter, Klaus, Ullmo, Denis and Jalabert, Rodolfo A. (1996) Smooth-disorder Effects in Ballistic Microstructures. Physical Review B 54 (8), R5219-R5222.Date of publication of this fulltext: 05 Aug 2009 13:29
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.1435
Abstract
We analyze the effect of weak residual disorder in microstructures defined on high-mobility heterojunctions, where the classical electron motion is ballistic. We parameterize the disorder by its correlation length {\it xi} and the elastic mean free path {\it l}, which can be estimated from microscopic models. For the experimentally relevant case in which {\it xi} is not negligible with ...
We analyze the effect of weak residual disorder in microstructures defined on high-mobility heterojunctions, where the classical electron motion is ballistic. We parameterize the disorder by its correlation length { xi} and the elastic mean free path {
l}, which can be estimated from microscopic models. For the experimentally relevant case in which {
xi} is not negligible with respect to the size of the microstructure, we present a perturbative semiclassical approach demonstrating that the reduction due to disorder of a two-point Green- function observable, like the average magnetic susceptibility, is intrinsically different from the bulk (power law depending on {
l} and {
xi} instead of an exponential damping governed uniquely by {
l}). The very weak damping that we obtain supports the use of clean (no disorder) models for the ballistic regime. Our analytical findings are confirmed by exact numerical calculations.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Physical Review B | ||||
| Volume: | 54 | ||||
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| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 8 | ||||
| Page Range: | R5219-R5222 | ||||
| Date | August 1996 | ||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Klaus Richter | ||||
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| Item ID | 1435 |
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