ENHANCEMENT OF RESISTANCE ANOMALIES BY DIFFUSE BOUNDARY SCATTERING IN MULTIPROBE BALLISTIC CONDUCTORS

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BLAIKIE, RJ [1 ]
NAKAZATO, K [1 ]
CLEAVER, JRA [1 ]
AHMED, H [1 ]
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[1] HITACHI CAMBRIDGE LAB, CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HE, ENGLAND
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10.1103/PhysRevB.46.9796
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T [工业技术];
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We have extended the billiard-ball model for multiprobe ballistic conductors to include explicitly diffuse boundary scattering. We find that the negative zero-field bend resistance and the quenching of the Hall effect are both enhanced by diffuse boundary scattering, due to the effects of nonzero length leads on the angular distribution of the electrons entering the junction. Two peaks are predicted in the longitudinal magnetoresistance and verified by measurements on a multiprobe wire fabricated in GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs heterostructure using p-type implants to provide the lateral confinement.
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