BREAKDOWN OF UNIVERSAL SCALING OF CONDUCTANCE FLUCTUATIONS IN HIGH MAGNETIC-FIELDS

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GEIM, AK [1 ]
MAIN, PC [1 ]
BETON, PH [1 ]
EAVES, L [1 ]
BEAUMONT, SP [1 ]
WILKINSON, CDW [1 ]
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[1] UNIV GLASGOW,DEPT ELECTR & ELECT ENGN,GLASGOW G12 8QQ,SCOTLAND
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1248
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have studied universal conductance fluctuations in the nonlocal magnetoresistance of n+-GaAs wires. The Lee-Stone correlation field DELTA-B(c) increases by a factor of 5 as the magnetic field increases from 0 to 12 T but the amplitude of the fluctuations does not change. It is possible to explain the increase of DELTA-B(c) quantitatively in terms of a variation of the size of the phase coherence length. However, this should also give rise to a large change in the fluctuation amplitude, which is not observed. This implies that the universal scaling of the conductance fluctuations is not valid in high magnetic fields.
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