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Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 036804 (2007) [4 pages]

Interplay of Ehrenfest and Dephasing Times in Ballistic Conductors

Alexander Altland,1 Piet W. Brouwer,2,3 and Chushun Tian1
1Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, 50937, Germany
2Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
3Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 80333 München, Germany

Received 2 May 2006; published 19 July 2007

Quantum interference corrections in ballistic conductors require a minimal time: the Ehrenfest time. In this Letter, we investigate the fate of the interference corrections to quantum transport in bulk ballistic conductors if the Ehrenfest time and the dephasing time are comparable.

©2007 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.036804
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.036804
PACS: 73.23.-b; 05.45.Mt; 73.20.Fz
  • 73.23.-b
    Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems
  • 05.45.Mt
    Semiclassical methods in quantum chaos
  • 73.20.Fz
    Weak or Anderson localization (surface/interface states)
  • YEAR: 2007
KEYWORDS: ballistic transport, quantum interference phenomena

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