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Mesoscopic conductance fluctuations in graphene samples

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-03-25 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

Mesoscopic conductance fluctuations in graphene samples at energies not very close to the Dirac point are studied analytically. We demonstrate that the conductance variance <[δG]2><[\delta G]^2> is very sensitive to the elastic scattering breaking the valley symmetry. In the absence of such scattering (disorder potential smooth at atomic scales, trigonal warping negligible), the variance <[δG]2>=4<[δG]2>metal<[\delta G]^2 > = 4 < [\delta G]^2 >_\text{metal} is four times greater than that in conventional metals, which is due to the two-fold valley degeneracy. In the absence of intervalley scattering, but for strong intravalley scattering and/or strong warping <[δG]2>=2<[δG]2>metal<[\delta G]^2 > =2 < [\delta G]^2 >_\text{metal}. Only in the limit of strong intervalley scattering <[δG]2>=<[δG]2>metal<[\delta G]^2 > = < [\delta G]^2 >_\text{metal}. Our theory explains recent numerical results and can be used for comparison with existing experiments.

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@article{arxiv.0801.0302,
  title  = {Mesoscopic conductance fluctuations in graphene samples},
  author = {Maxim Yu. Kharitonov and Konstantin B. Efetov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.0302},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4+ pages, 2 figures

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