Abstract
The effect of measurement-probe geometry on the weak-localization magnetoresistance of short silver wires is investigated. The wires have lenghts comparable to the electron phase coherence length , which is a few microns at 1 K. The influence of different probe geometries is seen directly in the magnitude and shape of the low-field magnetoresistance of these wires. We have extended the theory of weak localization to include the effects of the measurement geometry, and find good quantitative agreement with experiment.
- Received 1 August 1988
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.2253
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