Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2000-06-22
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
16 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.62.6603
The self consistent effective medium approximation (SEMA) is used to study three-dimensional random conducting composites under the influence of a strong magnetic field {\bf B}, in the case where all constituents exhibit isotropic response. Asymptotic analysis is used to obtain almost closed form results for the strong field magnetoresistance and Hall resistance in various types of two- and three-constituent isotropic mixtures for the entire range of compositions. Numerical solutions of the SEMA equations are also obtained, in some cases, and compared with those results. In two-constituent free-electron-metal/perfect-insulator mixtures, the magnetoresistance is asymptotically proportional to $|{\bf B}|$ at {\em all concentrations above the percolation threshold}. In three-constituent metal/insulator/superconductor mixtures a line of critical points is found, where the strong field magnetoresistance switches abruptly from saturating to non-saturating dependence on $|{\bf B}|$, at a certain value of the insulator-to-superconductor concentration ratio. This transition appears to be related to the phenomenon of anisotropic percolation.
Bergman David J.
Stroud David G.
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