Energy-spectra of quasi-periodic systems via information entropy

We study the relationship between the electronic spectrum structure and the configurational order of one-dimensional quasiperiodic systems. We take the Fibonacci case as a specific example, but the ideas outlined here may be useful to accurately describe the energy spectra of general quasiperiodic s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Maciá Barber, Enrique Alfonso, Domínguez-Adame Acosta, Francisco, Sánchez, Angel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1994
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/59399
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59399
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Superlattices
Phyllotaxis
Lattices
Alloys
Física de materiales
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Sumario:We study the relationship between the electronic spectrum structure and the configurational order of one-dimensional quasiperiodic systems. We take the Fibonacci case as a specific example, but the ideas outlined here may be useful to accurately describe the energy spectra of general quasiperiodic systems of technological interest. Our main result concerns the minimization of the information entropy as a characteristic feature associated with quasiperiodic arrangements. This feature is shown to be related to the ability of quasiperiodic systems to encode more information, in the Shannon sense, than periodic ones. In the conclusion we comment on interesting implications of these results on further developments on the issue of quasiperiodic order.