Microwave Billiards with Broken Time Reversal Symmetry

U. Stoffregen, J. Stein, H.-J. Stöckmann, M. Kuś, and F. Haake
Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 2666 – Published 3 April 1995
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Abstract

First results on microwave billiards with broken time reversal symmetry are presented. The billiards are quasi two dimensional with an attached microwave isolator acting as a unidirectional transmission line. Spectral level dynamics was studied by changing the billiard length. For all spectral properties observed, i.e., nearest-neighbor distance, asymptotic curvature, and closest-approach distance at avoided crossings, we have found behavior characteristic of the Gaussian unitary ensemble.

  • Received 5 August 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2666

©1995 American Physical Society

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U. Stoffregen1, J. Stein1, H.-J. Stöckmann1, M. Kuś2, and F. Haake3

  • 1Fachbereich Physik, Universität Marburg, D-35032 Marburg, Germany
  • 2Centrum Fisyki Teoreticznej, Polska Akademia Nauk, PL-02-668, Poland
  • 3Fachbereich Physik, Universität-Gesamthochschule Essen, D-45117 Essen, Germany

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Vol. 74, Iss. 14 — 3 April 1995

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