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Whitney, R. ; Jacquod, P. ; Petitjean, C.

Dephasing in quantum chaotic transport : A semiclassical approach

Whitney, R., Jacquod, P. und Petitjean, C. (2008) Dephasing in quantum chaotic transport : A semiclassical approach. Physical Review B 77, 045315.

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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.7784


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We investigate the effect of dephasing/decoherence on quantum transport through open chaotic ballistic conductors in the semiclassical limit of small Fermi wavelength to system size ratio, $\\lambda_F/L $\lt$$\lt$ 1$. We use the trajectory-based semiclassical theory to study a two-terminal chaotic dot with decoherence originating from: (i) an external closed quantum chaotic environment, ...

We investigate the effect of dephasing/decoherence on quantum transport through open chaotic ballistic conductors in the semiclassical limit of small Fermi wavelength to system size ratio, $\\lambda_F/L $\lt$$\lt$ 1$. We use the trajectory-based semiclassical theory to study a two-terminal chaotic dot with decoherence originating from: (i) an external closed quantum chaotic environment, (ii) a classical source of noise, (iii) a voltage probe, i.e. an additional current-conserving terminal. We focus on the pure dephasing regime, where the coupling to the external source of dephasing is so weak that it does not induce energy relaxation. In addition to the universal algebraic suppression of weak localization, we find an exponential suppression of weak-localization $\\propto \\exp[-\\tilde{\\tau}/\\tau_\\phi]$, with the dephasing rate $\\tau_\\phi^{-1}$. The parameter $\\tilde{\\tau}$ depends strongly on the source of dephasing. For a voltage probe, $\\tilde{\\tau}$ is of order the Ehrenfest time $\\propto \\ln [L/\\lambda_F ]$. In contrast, for a chaotic environment or a classical source of noise, it has the correlation length $\\xi$ of the coupling/noise potential replacing the Fermi wavelength $\\lambda_F $. We explicitly show that the Fano factor for shot noise is unaffected by decoherence. We connect these results to earlier works on dephasing due to electron-electron interactions, and numerically confirm our findings.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftPhysical Review B
Band:77
Seitenbereich:045315
Datum2008
InstitutionenPhysik > Institut für Theoretische Physik > Lehrstuhl Professor Richter > Arbeitsgruppe Klaus Richter
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10.1103/PhysRevB.77.045315DOI
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-77849
Dokumenten-ID7784

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