Transport through ballistic chaotic cavities in the classical limit Piet Brouwer Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics Cornell University Support: NSF, Packard Foundation Humboldt Foundation With: Saar Rahav Wesleyan October 26 th , 2008
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Transport through ballistic chaotic cavities in the classical
limit Piet Brouwer Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics
Cornell University Support: NSF, Packard Foundation Humboldt
Foundation With: Saar Rahav Wesleyan October 26 th, 2008
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Ballistic chaotic cavities: Energy levels level density mean
level density: depends on size Conjecture: Fluctuations of level
density are universal and described by random matrix theory
Bohigas, Giannoni, Schmit (1984) valid if L
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Spectral correlations Correlation function Random matrix theory
in units of Altshuler and Shklovskii (1986) This expression for 1
only; Exact result for all is known. b: magnetic field
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Ballistic chaotic cavities: transport level densityconductance
G
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Ballistic chaotic cavities: transport level densityconductance
G G is random function of (Fermi) energy and magnetic field b
Marcus group
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Ballistic chaotic cavities: transport level densityconductance
G Conjecture: Fluctuations of the conductance of an open ballistic
chaotic cavity are universal and described by random matrix theory
Blmel and Smilansky (1988)
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Ballistic chaotic cavities: transport level densityconductance
G Conjecture: Fluctuations of the conductance of an open ballistic
chaotic cavity are universal and described by random matrix theory
Blmel and Smilansky (1988) Requirement for universality: Additional
time scale in open cavity: dwell time D ( )
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2 1 Conductance autocorrelation function Correlation function
Random matrix theory Jalabert, Baranger, Stone (1993) Efetov (1995)
Frahm (1995) in units of P j : probability to escape through
opening j L
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This talk Semiclassical calculation of autocorrelation function
for ballistic cavity Role of the Ehrenfest time E Recover random
matrix theory if E > D (classical limit).
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Semiclassics conductance = transmission = 1 reflection R j :
total reflection from opening j : classical trajectories A :
stability amplitude S : classical action Miller (1971) Blmel and
Smilansky (1988)
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Semiclassics conductance = transmission = 1 reflection R j :
total reflection from opening j Miller (1971) Blmel and Smilansky
(1988) : classical trajectories A : stability amplitude S :
classical action
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Conductance fluctuations Need to calculate fourfold sum over
classical trajectories. But: Trajectories 1, 1, 2, 2 contribute
only if total action difference S is of order h systematically
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Conductance fluctuations 1 21 2 1 21 2 1 11 1 2 22 2 Need to
calculate fourfold sum over classical trajectories. But:
Trajectories 1, 1, 2, 2 contribute only if total action difference
S is of order h systematically Sieber and Richter (2001)
Conductance fluctuations EE EE Duration of small angle
encounter with action difference S ~ h is Ehrenfest time E : :
Lyapunov exponent Aleiner and Larkin (1996)
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Conductance fluctuations EE EE random matrix theory if E