arXiv · cond-mat/0306049
Ballistic Localization in Quasi-1D Waveguides with Rough Surfaces
Abstract
Structure of eigenstates in a periodic quasi-1D waveguide with a rough surface is studied both analytically and numerically. We have found a large number of "regular" eigenstates for any high energy. They result in a very slow convergence to the classical limit in which the eigenstates are expected to be completely ergodic. As a consequence, localization properties of eigenstates originated from unperturbed transverse channels with low indexes, are strongly localized (delocalized) in the momentum (coordinate) representation. These eigenstates were found to have a quite unexpeted form that manifests a kind of "repulsion" from the rough surface. Our results indicate that standard statistical approaches for ballistic localization in such waveguides seem to be unappropriate.
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F. M. Izrailev, J. A. Méndez-Bermúdez, G. A. Luna-Acosta. 2003-06-03. Ballistic Localization in Quasi-1D Waveguides with Rough Surfaces. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.68.066201
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