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Microwave graph analogs for the voltage drop in three-terminal devices with orthogonal, unitary, and symplectic
F Castañeda-Ramírez1, A M Martínez-Argüello2, T Hofmann3
1Departamento de Física, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Apartado Postal 55-534, 09340 Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Abstract:
Transmission measurements through three-port microwave graphs are performed, in analogy to three-terminal voltage drop devices with orthogonal, unitary, and symplectic symmetry. The terminal used as a probe is symmetrically located between two chaotic subgraphs, and each graph is connected to one port, the input and the output, respectively. The analysis of the experimental data clearly exhibits the weak localization and antilocalization phenomena. We find a good agreement with theoretical predictions, provided that the effects of dissipation and imperfect coupling to the ports are taken into account.
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