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Dephasing in open quantum chaotic systems has been investigated in the limit of large system sizes to the Fermi wavelength ratio, L/λF 〉 1. The weak localization correction g wl to the conductance for a quantum dot coupled to (i) an external closed dot and (ii) a dephasing voltage probe is calculated in the semiclassical approximation. In addition to the universal algebraic suppression g wl ∝ (1 + τD/τϕ)−1 with the dwell time τD through the cavity and the dephasing rate τ −1ϕ , we find an exponential suppression of weak localization by a factor of ∝ exp[−\(\tilde \tau \)/τϕ], where \(\tilde \tau \) is the system-dependent parameter. In the dephasing probe model, \(\tilde \tau \) coincides with the Ehrenfest time, \(\tilde \tau \) ∝ ln[L/λF], for both perfectly and partially transparent dot-lead couplings. In contrast, when dephasing occurs due to the coupling to an external dot, \(\tilde \tau \) ∝ ln[L/ξ] depends on the correlation length ξ of the coupling potential instead of λF.
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Petitjean, C., Jacquod, P. & Whitney, R.S. Dephasing in the semiclassical limit is system-dependent. Jetp Lett. 86, 647–651 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364007220079
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