Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 204101 (2007) [4 pages]Draining of the Sea of Chaos: Role of Resonant Transmission and Reflection in an Array of BilliardsReceived 15 November 2006; published 17 May 2007 We investigate the dynamics of a system of coupled electron billiards by using a magnetic field to dramatically modify the underlying mixed phase space. At specific values of the magnetic field the sea of chaos is drained. At these fields there exist reflected or transmitted orbits associated with maxima and minima in the experimentally observed magnetoresistance. These effects are studied by comparing the classical and quantum-mechanical phase-space dynamics leading to a basic understanding of the role of chaos in the transport in an array of billiards. © 2007 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.204101
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.204101
PACS:
05.45.Mt, 73.63.Kv, 75.47.Jn
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