SPIN AND QUANTUM INTERFERENCE EFFECTS IN HOPPING CONDUCTIVITY

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作者
FRYDMAN, A
OVADYAHU, Z
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[1] The Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University Jerusalem
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10.1016/0038-1098(95)00141-7
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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We present results of high field magnetoconductance (MC) measurements on In2O3-x films in the hopping regime. For relatively weak disorder, a purely positive MC is observed. With growing disorder, the MC acquires a negative component that tends to saturate at high fields. The data for the latter case are consistent with the co-existence of two mechanisms for MC; an isotropic, spin-alignment mechanism and an anisotropic, quantum-interference one.
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