Ehrenfest time and the coherent backscattering off ballistic cavities

dc.creatorRahav, Saar
dc.creatorBrouwer, Piet W.
dc.date2005-12-30
dc.date2006-05-31
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:53:45Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:53:45Z
dc.descriptionIf the Ehrenfest time tau_E of a ballistic cavity is not negligible in comparison to its dwell time tau_D, the weak localization correction to the cavity's transmission is suppressed proportional to exp(-tau_E/tau_D). At the same time, quantum interference enhances the probability of reflection into the mode of incidence by a factor two. This `enhanced backscattering' does not depend on the Ehrenfest time. We show that, in addition to the diagonal enhanced backscattering, there are off-diagonal contributions to coherent backscattering that become relevant if the Ehrenfest time is not negligible.
dc.descriptionRevised version, 4 pages, 2 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0512711
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0512711
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 96, 196804 (2006)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.196804
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/105698
dc.subjectMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
dc.titleEhrenfest time and the coherent backscattering off ballistic cavities
dc.typetext

Files

Collections