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Interference Effects Due to Commensurate Electron Trajectories and Topological Crossovers in (TMTSF)2ClO4

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

We report angle-dependent magnetoresistance measurements on (TMTSF)2ClO4 that provide strong support for a new macroscopic quantum phenomenon, the interference commensurate (IC) effect, in quasi-one dimensional metals. In addition to observing rich magnetoresistance oscillations, and fitting them with one-electron calculations, we observe a clear demarcation of field-dependent behavior at local resistance minima and maxima (versus field angle). Anticipated by a theoretical treatment of the IC effect in terms of Bragg reflections in the extended Brillouin zone, this behavior results from 1D-2D topological crossovers of electron wave functions as a function of field orientation.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0503649,
  title  = {Interference Effects Due to Commensurate Electron Trajectories and Topological Crossovers in (TMTSF)2ClO4},
  author = {H. I. Ha and A. G. Lebed and M. J. Naughton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0503649},
  year   = {2009}
}

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