MAGNETIC-FIELD EFFECTS ON STRONGLY LOCALIZED-ELECTRONS

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作者
MEDINA, E [1 ]
KARDAR, M [1 ]
SHAPIR, Y [1 ]
WANG, XR [1 ]
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[1] UNIV ROCHESTER,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,ROCHESTER,NY 14627
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.1816
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The magnetic-field response of strongly localized electrons is probed by examining the quantum interference of forward scattering paths. With no disorder, there is a rich structure in the tunneling rate, which is sensitively dependent upon commensurability of the flux per plaquette with the flux quantum. With nonmagnetic impurities, there is a positive magnetoconductance, and the localization length appears to increase as B1/2. With impurities breaking time-reversal symmetry, the distribution of tunneling rates is not changed by the magnetic field. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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