Current and vortex statistics in microwave billiards.
Using the one-to-one correspondence between the Poynting vector in a microwave billiard and the probability current density in the corresponding quantum system, probability densities and currents were studied in a microwave billiard with a ferrite insert as well as in an open billiard. Distribution functions were obtained for probability densities, currents, and vorticities. In addition, the vortex pair correlation function could be extracted. For all studied quantities a complete agreement with the predictions from the approach using a random superposition of plane waves was obtained.
Fachbereich Physik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Renthof 5, D-35032 Marburg, Germany. michael.barth@physik.uni-marburg.de
Michael
M
Barth
Hans-Jürgen
HJ
Stöckmann