This is a review of the statistical properties of the scattering matrix of a mesoscopic system.
Two geometries are contrasted: A quantum dot and a disordered wire. The quantum dot is a …

Theoretical and experimental work concerned with dynamic fluctuations has developed into
a very active and fascinating subfield of mesoscopic physics. We present a review of this …

A tutorial discussion of the propagation of waves in random media is presented. To a first
approximation the transport of the multiple scattered waves is given by diffusion theory, but …

We offer a new perspective on the problem of characterizing mesoscopic fluctuations in the
interplateau regions of the integer quantum Hall transition. We found that longitudinal and …

A detailed analysis of the distribution of conductances P (g) of quasi-one-dimensional
disordered wires in the metal-insulator crossover is presented. P (g) obtained from a Monte …

In the framework of the random matrix approach, we apply the theory of Selberg's integral to
problems of quantum transport in chaotic cavities. All the moments of transmission …

We compute the statistical distribution of the transmittance of a random waveguide with
absorption in the limit of many propagating channels. We consider the average and …

We report measurements of conductance distribution in a set of quasi-one-dimensional gold
wires. The distribution includes the second cumulant or the variance which describes the …

A new matrix ensemble has recently been proposed to describe the transport properties in
mesoscopic quantum wires. Both analytical and numerical studies have shown that the …

The transmission-eigenvalue density in a disordered wire without time-reversal symmetry is
calculated exactly by means of the supersymmetric theory. The calculation is based on the …