Spectrum of the Andreev Billiard and Giant Fluctuations of the Ehrenfest Time

P. G. Silvestrov
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 067004 – Published 9 August 2006

Abstract

The density of states in the semiclassical Andreev billiard is theoretically studied and shown to be determined by the fluctuations of the classical Lyapunov exponent λ. The rare trajectories with a small value of λ give rise to an anomalous increase of the Ehrenfest time τE|ln|/λ and, consequently, to the appearance of Andreev levels with small excitation energy. The gap in spectrum is obtained, and fluctuations of the value of the gap due to different positions of superconducting lead are considered.

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  • Received 22 January 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.067004

©2006 American Physical Society

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P. G. Silvestrov

  • Theoretische Physik III, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
  • Instituut-Lorentz, Universiteit Leiden, P.O. Box 9506, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

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Vol. 97, Iss. 6 — 11 August 2006

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