DOI: 10.1063/1.4773207. Linear magnetoresistance in topological insulator thin films: Quantum phase coherence effects at high temperatures

Linear magnetoresistance in topological insulator thin films: Quantum phase coherence effects at high temperatures

10.1063/1.4773207

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Abstract

In addition to the weak antilocalization cusp observed in the magnetoresistance (MR) of topological insulators at low temperatures and low magnetic fields, we find that the high-field MR in Bi2Te2Se is linear in field. At fields up to B = 14 T, the slope of this linear-like MR is nearly independent of temperature over the range T = 7 to 150 K. We find that the linear MR arises from the competition between a logarithmic phase coherence component and a quadratic component. The quantum phase coherence dominates up to high temperatures, where the coherence length remains longer than the mean free path of electrons.

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Assaf, B. A., Cardinal, T., Wei, P., Katmis, F., Moodera, J. S., & Heiman, D. (2013). Linear magnetoresistance in topological insulator thin films: Quantum phase coherence effects at high temperatures. Applied Physics Letters, 102(1).

Authors 6

B. A. Assaf (first)
T. Cardinal (additional)
P. Wei (additional)
F. Katmis (additional)
J. S. Moodera (additional)
D. Heiman (additional)

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Created	12 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 3, 2013, 1:34 a.m.)
Deposited	2 years, 2 months ago (June 24, 2023, 5:11 a.m.)
Indexed	3 days, 17 hours ago (Aug. 23, 2025, 9:44 p.m.)
Issued	12 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 2, 2013)
Published	12 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 2, 2013)
Published Online	12 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 2, 2013)
Published Print	12 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 7, 2013)

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@article{Assaf_2013, title={Linear magnetoresistance in topological insulator thin films: Quantum phase coherence effects at high temperatures}, volume={102}, ISSN={1077-3118}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4773207}, DOI={10.1063/1.4773207}, number={1}, journal={Applied Physics Letters}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Assaf, B. A. and Cardinal, T. and Wei, P. and Katmis, F. and Moodera, J. S. and Heiman, D.}, year={2013}, month=jan }

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