Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2005-04-12
Phys. Rev. B 73, 165322 (2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
8 pages, 4 figures. Considerable modifications mostly related to the derivation of WL correction in granular medium
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.73.165322
We investigate the interference correction to the conductivity of a medium consisting of metallic grains connected by tunnel junctions. Tunneling conductance between the grains, $e^2g_{\rm T}/\pi\hbar$, is assumed to be large, $g_{\rm T}\gg 1$. We demonstrate that the weak localization correction to conductivity exhibits a crossover at temperature $T\sim g^2_{\rm T}\delta$, where $\delta$ is the mean level spacing in a single grain. At the crossover, the phase relaxation time determined by the electron-electron interaction becomes of the order of the dwell time of an electron in a grain. Below the crossover temperature, the granular array behaves as a continuous medium, while above the crossover the weak localization effect is largely a single-junction phenomenon. We elucidate the signatures of the granular structure in the temperature and magnetic field dependence of the weak localization correction.
Blanter Ya M.
Glazman Leonid I.
Vinokur Valeri M.
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