Negative partial density of states in mesoscopic systems

Abstract

Since the experimental observation of quantum mechanical scattering phase shift in mesoscopic systems, several aspects of it has not yet been understood. The experimental observations has also accentuated many theoretical problems related to Friedel sum rule and negativity of partial density of states. We address these problems using the concepts of Argand diagram and Burgers circuit. We can prove the possibility of negative partial density of states in mesoscopic systems. Such a conclusive and general evidence cannot be given in one, two or three dimensions. We can show a general connection between phase drops and exactness of semi classical Friedel sum rule. We also show Argand diagram for a scattering matrix element can be of few classes based on their topology and all observations can be classified accordingly.

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“…The wavefunction in the different regions and the lengths of the three legs l 1 , l 2 and l 3 are shown in the figure . extended to higher dimensional S-matrices. Consider the three prong potential [4] shown in Fig. 1 and explained in details in the figure caption.…”