Open AccessCHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTRON WAVE FUNCTIONS IN ONE-DIMENSIONAL INCOMMENSURATE SYSTEMS
Author(s) -
Yuan Jian,
Xiong Shi-Ji,
Cai Jian-Hua
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.37.814
Subject(s) - condensed matter physics , wave function , physics , electron , quantum mechanics
The characteristics of electron wave functions in one-dimensional incommensurate systems with or without disorder are studied. In disordered systems, the wave functions are always exponentially localized in contrast to systems without disorder.