Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: We investigate the interplay between amplitude and square-gradient scattering from the rough surfaces in multimode waveguides (conducting quantum wires). The main result is that for any (even small in height) roughness the square-gradient terms in the expression for the wave-scattering length (electron mean free path) are dominant, provided the correlation length of the surface disorder is small enough. This important effect is missed in existing studies of the surface scattering.
Source: Physical Review B
Authors: F. M. Izrailev, N. M. Makarov, M. Rendón
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2081069246