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Rodolfo A. Jalabert

Publications and source records attributed to Rodolfo A. Jalabert.

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arXiv2000

Delocalization effects and charge reorganizations induced by repulsive interactions in strongly disordered chains

We study the delocalization effect of a short-range repulsive interaction on the ground state of a finite density of spinless fermions in strongly disordered one dimensional lattices. The density matrix renormalization group method is used to explore the charge density and the sensitivity of the ground state energy with respect to the boundary condition (the persistent current) for a wide range of parameters (carrier density, interaction and disorder). Analytical approaches are developed and allow to understand some mechanisms and limiting conditions. For weak interaction strength, one has a Fermi glass of Anderson localized states, while in the opposite limit of strong interaction, one has a correlated array of charges (Mott insulator). In the two cases, the system is strongly insulating and the ground state energy is essentially invariant under a twist of the boundary conditions. Reducing the interaction strength from large to intermediate values, the quantum melting of the solid array gives rise to a more homogeneous distribution of charges, and the ground state energy changes when the boundary conditions are twisted. In individual chains, this melting occurs by abrupt steps located at sample-dependent values of the interaction where an (avoided) level crossing between the ground state and the first excitation can be observed. Important charge reorganizations take place at the avoided crossings and the persistent currents are strongly enhanced around the corresponding interaction value. These large delocalization effects become smeared and reduced after ensemble averaging. They mainly characterize half filling and strong disorder, but they persist away of this optimal condition.

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arXiv1999

The semiclassical tool in mesoscopic physics

Semiclassical methods are extremely valuable in the study of transport and thermodynamical properties of ballistic microstructures. By expressing the conductance in terms of classical trajectories, we demonstrate that quantum interference phenomena depend on the underlying classical dynamics of non-interacting electrons. In particular, we are able to calculate the characteristic length of the ballistic conductance fluctuations and the weak localization peak in the case of chaotic dynamics. Integrable cavities are not governed by single scales, but their non-generic behavior can also be obtained from semiclassical expansions (over isolated trajectories or families of trajectories, depending on the system). The magnetic response of a microstructure is enhanced with respect to the bulk (Landau) susceptibility, and the semiclassical approach shows that this enhancement is the largest for integrable geometries, due to the existence of families of periodic orbits. We show how the semiclassical tool can be adapted to describe weak residual disorder, as well as the effects of electron-electron interactions. The interaction contribution to the magnetic susceptibility also depends on the nature of the classical dynamics of non-interacting electrons, and is parametrically larger in the case of integrable systems.

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arXiv1999

Semiclassical analysis of level widths for one-dimensional potentials

We present a semiclassical study of level widths for a class of one-dimensional potentials in the presence of an ohmic environment. Employing an expression for the dipole matrix element in terms of the Fourier transform of the classical path we obtain the level widths within the Golden rule approximation. It is found that for potentials with an asymptotic power-law behavior, which may in addition be limited by an infinite wall, the width that an eigenstate of the isolated system acquires due to the coupling to the environment is proportional to its quantum number.

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arXiv1999

Intermediate Regime between the Fermi Glass and the Mott Insulator in one Dimension

We consider the ground state reorganization driven by an increasing nearest neighbor repulsion U for spinless fermions in a strongly disordered ring. When U -> 0, the electrons form a glass with Anderson localized states. At half filling, a regular array of charges (Mott insulator) is pinned by the random substrate when U -> \infty. Between those two insulating limits, we show that there is an intermediate regime where the electron glass becomes more liquid before crystallizing. The liquid-like behavior of the density-density correlation function is accompanied by an enhancement of the persistent current.

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arXiv1998

Unbounded fluctuations in transport through an integrable cavity

We derive a semiclassical scheme for the conductance through a rectangular cavity. The transmission amplitudes are expressed as a sum over families of trajectories rather than a sum over isolated trajectories. The contributing families are obtained from the evaluation of a finite number of continued fractions. We find that, contrary to the chaotic case, the conductance fluctuations increase with the incoming energy and the correlation function exhibits a singularity at the origin.

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arXiv1998

From the Fermi glass towards the Mott insulator in one dimension: Delocalization and strongly enhanced persistent currents

When a system of spinless fermions in a disordered mesoscopic ring becomes instable between the inhomogeneous configuration driven by the random potential (Anderson insulator) and the homogeneous one driven by repulsive interactions (Mott insulator), the persistent current can be enhanced by orders of magnitude. This is illustrated by a study of the change of the ground state energy under twisted boundary conditions using the density matrix renormalization group algorithm.

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arXiv1997

Transport through cavities with tunnel barriers: a semiclassical analysis

We study the influence of a tunnel barrier on the quantum transport through a circular cavity. Our analysis in terms of classical trajectories shows that the semiclassical approaches developed for ballistic transport can be adapted to deal with the case where tunneling is present. Peaks in the Fourier transform of the energy-dependent transmission and reflection spectra exhibit a nonmonotonic behaviour as a function of the barrier height in the quantum mechanical numerical calculations. Semiclassical analysis provides a simple qualitative explanation of this behaviour, as well as a quantitative agreement with the exact calculations. The experimental relevance of the classical trajectories in mesoscopic and microwave systems is discussed.

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arXiv1994

Quantum Mesoscopic Scattering: Disordered Systems and Dyson Circular Ensembles

We consider elastic reflection and transmission of electrons by a disordered system characterized by a $2N\!\times\!2N$ scattering matrix $S$. Expressing $S$ in terms of the $N$ radial parameters and of the four $N\!\times\!N$ unitary matrices used for the standard transfer matrix parametrization, we calculate their probability distributions for the circular orthogonal (COE) and unitary (CUE) Dyson ensembles. In this parametrization, we explicitely compare the COE--CUE distributions with those suitable for quasi--$1d$ conductors and insulators. Then, returning to the usual eigenvalue--eigenvector parametrization of $S$, we study the distributions of the scattering phase shifts. For a quasi--$1d$ metallic system, microscopic simulations show that the phase sift density and correlation functions are close to those of the circular ensembles. When quasi--$1d$ longitudinal localization breaks $S$ into two uncorrelated reflection matrices, the phase shift form factor $b(k)$ exhibits a crossover from a behavior characteristic of two uncoupled COE--CUE (small $k$) to a single COE--CUE behavior (large $k$). Outside quasi--one dimension, we find that the phase shift density is no longer uniform and $S$ remains nonzero after disorder averaging. We use perturbation theory to calculate the deviations to the isotropic Dyson distributions. When the electron dynamics is no

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arXiv1993

Orbital Magnetism in Ensembles of Ballistic Billiards

We calculate the magnetic response of ensembles of small two-dimensional structures at finite temperatures. Using semiclassical methods and numerical calculation we demonstrate that only short classical trajectories are relevant. The magnetic susceptibility is enhanced in regular systems, where these trajectories appear in families. For ensembles of squares we obtain a large paramagnetic susceptibility, in good agreement with recent measurements in the ballistic regime.

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