Published August 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Reprint of: Four-terminal resistances in mesoscopic networks of metallic wires: Weak localisation and correlations

  • 1. Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud, UMR 8501 du CNRS, Bât. 510, 91405 Orsay (France)
  • 2. Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques, Université Paris-Sud, UMR 8626 du CNRS, Bât. 100, 91405 Orsay (France)

Description

We consider the electronic transport in multi-terminal mesoscopic networks of weakly disordered metallic wires. After a brief description of the classical transport, we analyse the weak localisation (WL) correction to the four-terminal resistances, which involves an integration of the Cooperon over the wires with proper weights. We provide an interpretation of these weights in terms of classical transport properties. We illustrate the formalism on examples and show that weak localisation to four-terminal conductances may become large in some situations. In a second part, we study the correlations of four-terminal resistances and show that integration of Diffuson and Cooperon inside the network involves the same weights as the WL. The formulae are applied to multiconnected wire geometries.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physe.2016.02.041

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physe.2016.02.041;
PII
S1386947716000394;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica E. Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures (Print)
Journal Volume
82
Journal Page Range
p. 272-285
ISSN
1386-9477

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51117368
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S77: NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; S42: ENGINEERING;
Descriptors DEI
CORRECTIONS; CORRELATIONS; GEOMETRY; METALS; WIRES
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTS; MATHEMATICS

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