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Possible Explanation of Nonlinear Conductivity in Thin-Film Metal Wires

Anderson, P. W., Abrahams, E., Ramakrishnan, T. V.·1979·Physical Review Letters
DOI 10.1103/physrevlett.43.718
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We introduce the idea of an incoherence length ${L}_{2}$ at which inelastic collision broadening equals electronic energy-level separation. The two-dimensional conductance crosses over at ${L}_{2}$ from a $\mathrm{ln}L$ dependence suggested recently by Abrahams et al. to Ohmic behavior. These ideas and plausible relaxation and heating models are used to explain the nonlinear conductivity observations of Dolan and Osheroff.

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Authors
Anderson, P. W., Abrahams, E., & Ramakrishnan, T. V.
Venue
Physical Review Letters
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Published
1979-09-03
Volume
43
Issue
10
Pages
718-720
ISSN
0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.43.718
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W2050291260
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543
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journal article
Language
en
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Anderson, P. W., Abrahams, E., & Ramakrishnan, T. V. (1979). Possible Explanation of Nonlinear Conductivity in Thin-Film Metal Wires. Physical Review Letters. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.43.718

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