580 research outputs found
Fluctuations of the inverse participation ratio at the Anderson transition
Statistics of the inverse participation ratio (IPR) at the critical point of
the localization transition is studied numerically for the power-law random
banded matrix model. It is shown that the IPR distribution function is
scale-invariant, with a power-law asymptotic ``tail''. This scale invariance
implies that the fractal dimensions are non-fluctuating quantities,
contrary to a recent claim in the literature. A recently proposed relation
between and the spectral compressibility is violated in the regime
of strong multifractality, with in the limit .Comment: 4 pages, 3 eps figure
Interaction-induced magnetoresistance in a two-dimensional electron gas
We study the interaction-induced quantum correction
\delta\sigma_{\alpha\beta} to the conductivity tensor of electrons in two
dimensions for arbitrary T\tau (where T is the temperature and \tau the
transport scattering time), magnetic field, and type of disorder. A general
theory is developed, allowing us to express \delta\sigma_{\alpha\beta} in terms
of classical propagators (``ballistic diffusons''). The formalism is used to
calculate the interaction contribution to the longitudinal and the Hall
resistivities in a transverse magnetic field in the whole range of temperature
from the diffusive (T\tau 1) regime, both in
smooth disorder and in the presence of short-range scatterers. Further, we
apply the formalism to anisotropic systems and demonstrate that the interaction
induces novel quantum oscillations in the resistivity of lateral superlattices.Comment: 35 pages, 14 figure
Cyclotron resonance harmonics in the ac response of a 2D electron gas with smooth disorder
The frequency-dependent conductivity of 2D electrons
subjected to a transverse magnetic field and smooth disorder is calculated. The
interplay of Landau quantization and disorder scattering gives rise to an
oscillatory structure that survives in the high-temperature limit. The relation
to recent experiments on photoconductivity by Zudov {\it et al.} and Mani {\it
et al.} is discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures; final version to appear in PR
Quantum magnetooscillations in the ac conductivity of disordered graphene
The dynamic conductivity \sigma(\omega) of graphene in the presence of
diagonal white noise disorder and quantizing magnetic field B is calculated. We
obtain analytic expressions for \sigma(\omega) in various parametric regimes
ranging from the quasiclassical Drude limit corresponding to strongly
overlapping Landau levels (LLs) to the extreme quantum limit where the
conductivity is determined by the optical selection rules of the clean
graphene. The nonequidistant LL spectrum of graphene renders its transport
characteristics quantitatively different from conventional 2D electron systems
with parabolic spectrum. Since the magnetooscillations in the semiclassical
density of states are anharmonic and are described by a quasi-continuum of
cyclotron frequencies, both the ac Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations and the
quantum corrections to \sigma(\omega) that survive to higher temperatures
manifest a slow beating on top of fast oscillations with the local
energy-dependent cyclotron frequency.Both types of quantum oscillations possess
nodes whose index scales as \omega^2. In the quantum regime of separated LLs,
we study both the cyclotron resonance transitions, which have a rich spectrum
due to the nonequidistant spectrum of LLs, and disorder-induced transitions
which violate the clean selection rules of graphene. We identify the strongest
disorder-induced transitions in recent magnetotransmission experiments. We also
compare the temperature- and chemical potential-dependence of \sigma(\omega) in
various frequency ranges from the dc limit allowing intra-LL transition only to
the universal high-frequency limit where the Landau quantization provides a
small B-dependent correction to the universal value of the interband
conductivity \sigma=e^2/4 \hbar of the clean graphene.Comment: 19 pages, 15 picture
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