Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 51, Number 4, August II 2000
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Page(s) | 367 - 373 | |
Section | General | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2000-00503-6 | |
Published online | 01 September 2002 |
Enhanced dynamical symmetries and quantum degeneracies in mesoscopic quantum dots: Role of the symmetries of closed classical orbits
1
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western
Washington University
Bellingham, WA, 98225, USA
2
Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A
1S6
Received:
22
July
1999
Accepted:
19
June
2000
We present an analysis of a class of theoretical models important to the study of mesoscopic effects in quantum dots, that reveals a new example of a fundamental principle: the existence of classical paths having a lower symmetry than the system Hamiltonian leads to accidental degeneracies in the corresponding quantum-mechanical spectrum, even in the case where the Hamiltonian is non-integrable. We also show that these degeneracies form a fractal structure with an associated “Devil's staircase” that can be observed using present experimental techniques.
PACS: 03.65.-w – Quantum mechanics / 73.23.-b – Mesoscopic systems / 03.65.Sq – Semiclassical theories and applications
© EDP Sciences, 2000
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