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Statistical analysis of the transmission based on the DMPK equation: an application to Pb nano-contacts

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  • V. A. Gopar

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The density of the transmission eigenvalues of Pb nano-contacts has been estimated recently in mechanically controllable break-junction experiments. Motivated by these experimental analyses, here we study the evolution of the density of the transmission eigenvalues with the disorder strength and the number of channels supported by the ballistic constriction of a quantum point contact in the framework of the Dorokhov-Mello-Pereyra-Kumar equation. We find that the transmission density evolves rapidly into the density in the diffusive metallic regime as the number of channels N c of the constriction increase. Therefore, the transmission density distribution for a few N c channels comes close to the known bimodal density distribution in the metallic limit. This is in agreement with the experimental statistical-studies in Pb nano-contacts. For the two analyzed cases, we show that the experimental densities are seen to be well described by the corresponding theoretical results. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2008

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  • V. A. Gopar, 2008. "Statistical analysis of the transmission based on the DMPK equation: an application to Pb nano-contacts," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 62(3), pages 299-304, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurphb:v:62:y:2008:i:3:p:299-304
    DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2008-00169-x
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