Weak antilocalization beyond the fully diffusive regime in Pb1-xSnxSe topological quantum wells
arXiv:2010.02294 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.102.155307
Abstract
We report the measurements and analysis of weak antilocalization (WAL) in Pb1-xSnxSe topological quantum wells in a new regime where the elastic scattering length is larger than the magnetic length. We achieve this regime through the development of high-quality epitaxy and doping of topological crystalline insulator (TCI) quantum wells. We obtain elastic scattering lengths that exceeds 100nm and become comparable to the magnetic length. In this transport regime, the Hikami-Larkin-Nagaoka model is no longer valid. We employ the model of Wittmann and Schmid to extract the coherence time from the magnetoresistance. We find that despite our improved transport characteristics, the coherence time may be limited by scattering channels that are not strongly carrier dependent, such as electron-phonon or defect scattering.
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