Visualizing the multifractal wave functions of a disordered two-dimensional electron gas
Berthold Jäck, Fabian Zinser, Elio J. König, Sune N. P. Wissing, Anke B. Schmidt, Markus Donath, Klaus Kern, Christian R. Ast
Abstract
The authors report on the multifractal eigenstate characteristics of a disordered two-dimensional electron gas near the quantum-critical Anderson transition, and show a disorder-induced anomalous wave function scaling in real space.
Topics & Concepts
Multifractal systemScalingPhysicsStatistical physicsFunction (biology)Fermi gasElectronWave functionFractalEigenvalues and eigenvectorsCondensed matter physicsStructure functionQuantum mechanicsReflection (computer programming)Computational physicsAnderson impurity modelQuantum and electron transport phenomenaSurface and Thin Film PhenomenaTopological Materials and Phenomena