One-Parameter Scaling of the Conductivity of Si:B: A Temperature-Independent Variable-Range Hopping Prefactor

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2001-09-12

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0109222v1

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Condensed Matter

4 pages, 4 figures

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For insulating Si:B with dopant concentrations from 0.75 n_c to the critical concentration n_c, the conductivity ranging over five orders of magnitude collapses using a single scaling parameter T* onto a universal curve of the form $\sigma (T) =\sigma_0 f (T^*/T)$ with a temperature-independent prefactor of the order of Mott's minimum metallic conductivity. The function $f (T^*/T) = e^{-(T^*/T)^{\beta}}$ with \beta = 1/2 when T^*/T>10, corresponding to Efros-Shklovskii variable-range hopping. For T^*/T < 8 the exponent \beta = 1/3, a value expected for Mott variable-range hopping in two rather than three dimensions. The temperature-independent prefactor implies hopping that is not mediated by phonons.

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