Anisotropic scattering in angular-dependent magnetoresistance oscillations of quasi-2D and quasi-1D metals: beyond the relaxation-time approximation

Abstract

The electrical resistivity for a current moving perpendicular to layers (chains) in quasi-2D (quasi-1D) metals under an applied magnetic field of varying orientation is studied using Boltzmann transport theory. We consider the simplest non-trivial quasi-2D and quasi-1D Fermi surfaces but allow for an arbitrary elastic collision integral (i.e., a scattering probability with arbitrary dependence on momentum-transfer) and obtain an expression for the resistivity which generalizes that previously found using a single relaxation-time approximation. The dependence of the resistivity on the angle between the magnetic field and current changes depending on the momentum-dependence of the scattering probability. So, whereas zero-field intra-layer transport is sensitive only to the momentum-averaged scattering probability (the transport relaxation rate) the resistivity perpendicular to layers measured in a tilted magnetic field provides detailed information about the momentum-dependence of interlayer scattering. These results help clarify the meaning of the relaxation rate determined from fits of angular-dependent magnetoresistance oscillations (AMRO) experimental data to theoretical expressions. Furthermore, we suggest how AMRO might be used to probe the dominant scattering mechanism.

12 pages, 7 figures

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