Size effect in the electrical resistance of a ballistic point contact with single impurities

Autor: I. G. Tuluzov, Yu. A. Kolesnichenko, A. N. Omelyanchouk
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Physica B: Condensed Matter. 218:73-76
ISSN: 0921-4526
DOI: 10.1016/0921-4526(95)00562-5
Popis: We calculate the effect of single impurities in a ballistic, normal metal point contact on the electrical resistance. Both the cases of ordinary and magnetic impurities are considered. For small point contact diameters d comparable with the average impurity—impurity distance r 0 the discreteness of impurity positions is taken into account. In a quasiclassical approximation, the expression for the contact resistance is obtained, which is valid for an arbitrary relation between d and r 0 . The dependence of the point contact resistance on the ratio d / r 0 is studied.
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