Strong localization of electrons in quasi-one-dimensional conductors

Details Strong localization of electrons in quasi-one-dimensional conductors Strong localization of electrons in quasi-one-dimensional conductors

1998-05-20

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9805243v3

Physics

Condensed Matter

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

12 pages, 11 figures; the final version to appear in Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.58.8009

We report on the experimental study of electron transport in sub-micron-wide ''wires'' fabricated from Si $\delta $-doped GaAs. These quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) conductors demonstrate the crossover from weak to strong localization with decreasing the temperature. On the insulating side of the crossover, the resistance has been measured as a function of temperature, magnetic field, and applied voltage for different values of the electron concentration, which was varied by applying the gate voltage. The activation temperature dependence of the resistance has been observed with the activation energy close to the mean energy spacing of electron states within the localization domain. The study of non-linearity of the current-voltage characteristics provides information on the distance between the critical hops which govern the resistance of Q1D conductors in the strong localization (SL) regime. We observe the exponentially strong negative magnetoresistance; this orbital magnetoresistance is due to the universal magnetic-field dependence of the localization length in Q1D conductors. The method of measuring of the single-particle density of states (DoS) in the SL regime has been suggested. Our data indicate that there is a minimum of DoS at the Fermi level due to the long-range Coulomb interaction.

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