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Quantum Limit in a Parallel Magnetic Field in Layered Conductors

Superconductivity 2009-11-10 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We show that electron wave functions in a quasi-two-dimensional conductor in a parallel magnetic field are always localized on conducting layers. Wave functions and electron spectrum in a quantum limit, where the "sizes" of quasi-classical electron orbits are of the order of nano-scale distances between the layers, are determined. AC infrared measurements to investigate Fermi surfaces and to test Fermi liquid theory in Q2D organic and high-Tc materials in high magnetic fields, H = 10-45 T, are suggested.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0411496,
  title  = {Quantum Limit in a Parallel Magnetic Field in Layered Conductors},
  author = {Andrei G. Lebed and Natalia N. Bagmet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0411496},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, 2 figures; Submitted to Physical Review Letters