NON-METALLIC CONDUCTION IN THIN METAL-FILMS AT LOW-TEMPERATURES

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作者
DOLAN, GJ
OSHEROFF, DD
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[1] Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.721
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Resistance measurements were made on high-resistivity thin-film metal strips at temperatures as low as 10 mK. Unexpected logarithmic variations of the resistance with temperature and applied electric field were observed for strips with sheet resistance below R□∼10 kΩ/□ and widths 1 μm. Exponential increases in resistance were observed for similar films when the film width was decreased to about 0.1 μm or when R□ was increased to ∼ 10 kΩ/□. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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