Electronic coherence in metals: comparing weak localization and time-dependent conductance fluctuations
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2007-05-23 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Abstract
Quantum corrections to the conductivity allow experimental assessment of electronic coherence in metals. We consider whether independent measurements of different corrections are quantitatively consistent, particularly in systems with spin-orbit or magnetic impurity scattering. We report weak localization and time-dependent universal conductance fluctuation data in quasi-one- and two-dimensional AuPd wires between 2 K and 20 K. The data inferred from both methods are in excellent quantitative agreement, implying that precisely the same coherence length is relevant to both corrections.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0407341,
title = {Electronic coherence in metals: comparing weak localization and time-dependent conductance fluctuations},
author = {A. Trionfi and S. Lee and D. Natelson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0407341},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages, 4 figures. Scheduled to appear in PRB 70, 041304 (2004)