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Localization Length in Anderson Insulator with Kondo Impurities

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-07 v2 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

The localization length, ξ\xi, in a 2--dimensional Anderson insulator depends on the electron spin scattering rate by magnetic impurities, τs1\tau_s^{-1}. For antiferromagnetic sign of the exchange, %constant, the time τs\tau_s is {\em itself a function of ξ\xi}, due to the Kondo correlations. We demonstrate that the unitary regime of localization is impossible when the concentration of magnetic impurities, nMn_{\tiny M}, is smaller than a critical value, ncn_c. For nM>ncn_{\tiny M}>n_c, the dependence of ξ\xi on the dimensionless conductance, gg, is {\em reentrant}, crossing over to unitary, and back to orthogonal behavior upon increasing gg. Sensitivity of Kondo correlations to a weak {\em parallel} magnetic field results in a giant parallel magnetoresistance.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0209309,
  title  = {Localization Length in Anderson Insulator with Kondo Impurities},
  author = {S. Kettemann and M. E. Raikh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0209309},
  year   = {2009}
}

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