Elastic scattering as a cause of quantum dephasing: the conductance of two-dimensional imperfect conductors

DOI10.1088/0959-7174/10/4/301MaRDI QIDQ4525201zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yu. V. Tarasov

Publication date 20 March 2001

Published in Waves in Random and Complex Media (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0003073

zbMATH Keywords

Green functionconductanceAnderson's localization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Antennas, waveguides in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A50)

Abstract: A method is proposed for studying wave and particle transport in disordered waveguide systems of dimension higher than unity by means of exact one-dimensionalization of the dynamic equations in the mode representation. As a particular case, the T=0 conductance of a two-dimensional quantum wire is calculated, which exhibits ohmic behaviour, with length-dependent conductivity, at any conductor length exceeding the electron quasi-classical mean free path. The unconventional diffusive regime of charge transport is found in the range of conductor lengths where the electrons are commonly considered as localized. In quantum wires with more than one conducting channel, each being identified with the extended waveguide mode, the inter-mode scattering is proven to serve as a phase-breaking mechanism that prevents interference localization without real inelasticity of interaction.

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