Published February 15, 2013
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Journal article
Chaotic behavior of a quantum waveguide
- 1. Facultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Av. Francisco J. Mújica S/N 58030, Morelia, Michoacán (Mexico)
- 2. Instituto de Física, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Apartado Postal J-48, 72570 Puebla (Mexico)
Description
In this work we consider an infinite quantum waveguide composed of two periodic, hard walls, one-dimensional rippled surfaces. We find that, under certain conditions, the proposed system presents some traces of quantum chaos, when the corresponding classical limit has chaotic behavior. Thus, it is possible to obtain disordered probability densities in a system with smooth surfaces. When the system has chaotic behavior we show numerically that the correlation length of the autocorrelation function of the probability density goes to zero. To corroborate some properties obtained for infinite waveguide that are physically admissible, we study the corresponding finite version of this system
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2012.11.039Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physb.2012.11.039;
- PII
- S0921-4526(12)01035-6;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physica. B, Condensed Matter
- Journal Volume
- 411
- Journal Page Range
- p. 93-98
- ISSN
- 0921-4526
- CODEN
- PHYBE3
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 45051701
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHAOS THEORY; CRYSTALS; DENSITY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; PERIODICITY; PROBABILITY; SURFACES; WAVEGUIDES
- Descriptors DEC
- MATHEMATICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; VARIATIONS
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.