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Richter, Klaus ; Ullmo, Denis ; Jalabert, Rodolfo A.

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.

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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 {\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 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 {\it l} and {\it xi} instead of an exponential damping governed uniquely by {\it 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 typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitlePhysical Review B
Volume:54
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:8
Page Range:R5219-R5222
DateAugust 1996
InstitutionsPhysics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Klaus Richter
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10.1103/PhysRevB.54.R5219DOI
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
Item ID1435

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