Flux-cancellation effect on narrow-channel magnetoresistance fluctuations
Author(s) -
C. W. J. Beenakker,
H. van Houten
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
physical review. b, condensed matter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1095-3795
pISSN - 0163-1829
DOI - 10.1103/physrevb.37.6544
Subject(s) - condensed matter physics , magnetoresistance , physics , magnetic field , electron , heterojunction , scattering , conductance , flux (metallurgy) , magnetic flux , fermi gas , quantum mechanics , materials science , metallurgy
The magnetic-field correlation function of the universal conductance fluctuations (UCF) in a laterally confined two-dimensional electron gas is calculated in the high-mobility regime. Boundary scattering induces cancellations of the magnetic flux enclosed by electron trajectories, which leads to an enhanced correlation field. The theory is discussed in relation to a recent observation of UCF in a narrow GaAs-AlxGai-xAs heterostructure.
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