Anomalous c-Axis Transport in Layered Metals

D. B. Gutman and D. L. Maslov
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 196602 – Published 9 November 2007

Abstract

Transport in metals with a strongly anisotropic single-particle spectrum is studied. Coherent band transport in all directions, described by the standard Boltzmann equation, is shown to withstand both elastic and inelastic scattering as long as EFτ1. A model of phonon-assisted tunneling via resonant states located in between the layers is suggested to explain a nonmonotonic temperature dependence of the c-axis resistivity observed in experiments.

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  • Received 10 April 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.196602

©2007 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

D. B. Gutman and D. L. Maslov

  • Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA

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Vol. 99, Iss. 19 — 9 November 2007

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