Low-temperature electron dephasing time in AuPd revisited

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2007-06-10

arxiv.org/abs/0706.1342v1

Physica E 40, 25 (2007).

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

to appear in Physica E, Proceedings for the International Seminar and Workshop "Quantum Coherence, Noise, and Decoherence in N

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physe.2007.05.012

Ever since the first discoveries of the quantum-interference transport in mesoscopic systems, the electron dephasing times, $\tau_\phi$, in the concentrated AuPd alloys have been extensively measured. The samples were made from different sources with different compositions, prepared by different deposition methods, and various geometries (1D narrow wires, 2D thin films, and 3D thickfilms) were studied. Surprisingly, the low-temperature behavior of $\tau_\phi$ inferred by different groups over two decades reveals a systematic correlation with the level of disorder of the sample. At low temperatures, where $\tau_\phi$ is (nearly) independent of temperature, a scaling $\tau_\phi^{\rm max} \propto D^{-\alpha}$ is found, where $tau_\phi^{\rm max}$ is the maximum value of $\tau_\phi$ measured in the experiment, $D$ is the electron diffusion constant, and the exponent $\alpha$ is close to or slightly larger than 1. We address this nontrivial scaling behavior and suggest that the most possible origin for this unusual dephasing is due to dynamical structure defects, while other theoretical explanations may not be totally ruled out.

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