Nano-wires with surface disorder: Giant localization lengths and quantum-to-classical crossover

Abstract

We investigate electronic quantum transport through nano-wires with one-sided surface roughness. A magnetic field perpendicular to the scattering region is shown to lead to exponentially diverging localization lengths in the quantum-to-classical crossover regime. This effect can be quantitatively accounted for by tunneling between the regular and the chaotic components of the underlying mixed classical phase space.

4 pages, 3 figures; final version (including added references)