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T. Geisel

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arXiv2000

Statistics of resonances and of delay times in quasiperiodic Schr"odinger equations

We study the statistical distributions of the resonance widths ${\cal P} (Γ)$, and of delay times ${\cal P} (τ)$ in one dimensional quasi-periodic tight-binding systems with one open channel. Both quantities are found to decay algebraically as $Γ^{-α}$, and $τ^{-γ}$ on small and large scales respectively. The exponents $α$, and $γ$ are related to the fractal dimension $D_0^E$ of the spectrum of the closed system as $α=1+D_0^E$ and $γ=2-D_0^E$. Our results are verified for the Harper model at the metal-insulator transition and for Fibonacci lattices.

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arXiv2000

Bloch Electrons in a Magnetic Field - Why Does Chaos Send Electrons the Hard Way?

We find that a 2D periodic potential with different modulation amplitudes in x- and y-direction and a perpendicular magnetic field may lead to a transition to electron transport along the direction of stronger modulation and to localization in the direction of weaker modulation. In the experimentally accessible regime we relate this new quantum transport phenomenon to avoided band crossing due to classical chaos.

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arXiv1999

Statistical properties of phases and delay times of the one-dimensional Anderson model with one open channel

We study the distribution of phases and of Wigner delay times for a one-dimensional Anderson model with one open channel. Our approach, based on classical Hamiltonian maps, allows us an analytical treatment. We find that the distribution of phases depends drastically on the parameter $σ_A = σ/sin k$ where $σ^2$ is the variance of the disorder distribution and $k$ the wavevector. It undergoes a transition from uniformity to singular behaviour as $σ_A$ increases. The distribution of delay times shows universal power law tails $~ 1/τ^2$, while the short time behaviour is $σ_A$- dependent.

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arXiv1998

A covering property of Hofstadter's butterfly

Based on a thorough numerical analysis of the spectrum of Harper's operator, which describes, e.g., an electron on a two-dimensional lattice subjected to a magnetic field perpendicular to the lattice plane, we make the following conjecture: For any value of the incommensurability parameter sigma of the operator its spectrum can be covered by the bands of the spectrum for every rational approximant of sigma after stretching them by factors with a common upper bound. We show that this conjecture has the following important consequences: For all irrational values of sigma the spectrum is (i) a zero measure Cantor set and has (ii) a Hausdorff dimension less or equal to 1/2. We propose that our numerical approach may be a guide in finding a rigorous proof of these results.

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arXiv1998

Efficient Diagonalization of Kicked Quantum Systems

We show that the time evolution operator of kicked quantum systems, although a full matrix of size NxN, can be diagonalized with the help of a new method based on a suitable combination of fast Fourier transform and Lanczos algorithm in just N^2 ln(N) operations. It allows the diagonalization of matrizes of sizes up to N\approx 10^6 going far beyond the possibilities of standard diagonalization techniques which need O(N^3) operations. We have applied this method to the kicked Harper model revealing its intricate spectral properties.

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arXiv1997

Avoided Band Crossings: Tuning Metal-Insulator Transitions in Chaotic Systems

We show that avoided crossings of energy bands may give rise to a variety of phenomena such as transitions from metal to insulator and vice versa, changes in localization lengths, and changes in the fractal dimension of energy spectra. We explain the occurrence of these phenomena in the kicked Harper model under classically chaotic conditions and predict them to occur in other systems.

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arXiv1997

What determines the spreading of a wave packet?

The multifractal dimensions D2^mu and D2^psi of the energy spectrum and eigenfunctions, resp., are shown to determine the asymptotic scaling of the width of a spreading wave packet. For systems where the shape of the wave packet is preserved the k-th moment increases as t^(k*beta) with beta=D2^mu/D2^psi, while in general t^(k*beta) is an optimal lower bound. Furthermore, we show that in d dimensions asymptotically in time the center of any wave packet decreases spatially as a power law with exponent D_2^psi - d and present numerical support for these results.

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arXiv1997

Hall conductance of Bloch electrons in a magnetic field

We study the energy spectrum and the quantized Hall conductance of electrons in a two-dimensional periodic potential with perpendicular magnetic field WITHOUT neglecting the coupling of the Landau bands. Remarkably, even for weak Landau band coupling significant changes in the Hall conductance compared to the one-band approximation of Hofstadter's butterfly are found. The principal deviations are the rearrangement of subbands and unexpected subband contributions to the Hall conductance.

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arXiv1996

Nonlinear Dynamics of Composite Fermions in Nanostructures

We outline a theory describing the quasi-classical dynamics of composite fermions in the fractional quantum Hall regime in the potentials of arbitrary nanostructures. By an appropriate parametrization of time we show that their trajectories are independent of their mass and dispersion. This allows to study the dynamics in terms of an effective Hamiltonian although the actual dispersion is as yet unknown. The applicability of the theory is verified in the case of antidot arrays where it explains details of magnetoresistance measurements and thus confirms the existence of these quasiparticles.

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arXiv1993

Quenched and Negative Hall Effect in Periodic Media: Application to Antidot Superlattices

We find the counterintuitive result that electrons move in OPPOSITE direction to the free electron E x B - drift when subject to a two-dimensional periodic potential. We show that this phenomenon arises from chaotic channeling trajectories and by a subtle mechanism leads to a NEGATIVE value of the Hall resistivity for small magnetic fields. The effect is present also in experimentally recorded Hall curves in antidot arrays on semiconductor heterojunctions but so far has remained unexplained.

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