Title: Disorder in low dimensions: localisation effects in spin glass wires and cold atoms

Authors: D. Carpentier, E. Orignac, G. Paulin, T. Roscilde

Addresses: Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, 46, Allee d'Italie, Lyon 69007, France. ' Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, 46, Allee d'Italie, Lyon 69007, France. ' Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, 46, Allee d'Italie, Lyon 69007, France. ' Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, 46, Allee d'Italie, Lyon 69007, France

Abstract: In this paper, we review the recent activity of our group on the study of disorder effects on systems displaying phase coherence. These studies have focused on both the electronic transport through mesoscopic metallic spin glasses, and cold atomic gases trapped in a disordered potential.

Keywords: weak localisation; spin glass wires; cold atomic gases; disorder effects; phase coherence; electronic transport; mesoscopic metallic spin glasses; nanotechnology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2010.031728

International Journal of Nanotechnology, 2010 Vol.7 No.4/5/6/7/8, pp.420 - 437

Published online: 21 Feb 2010 *

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