TY - JOUR
T1 - Irradiation-Induced Confinement in a Quasi-One-Dimensional Metal
AU - Enayati-Rad, A
AU - Narduzzo, Alessandro
AU - Rullier-Albenque, F
AU - Horii, S
AU - Hussey, N
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The anisotropic resistivity of PrBa2Cu4O8 has been measured as a function of electron irradiation fluence. Localization effects are observed for extremely small amounts of disorder corresponding to electron mean free paths of order 100 unit cells. Estimates of the localization corrections suggest that this anomalous localization threshold heralds a crossover to a ground state with pronounced one-dimensional character in which conduction electrons become confined to a small cluster of chains.
AB - The anisotropic resistivity of PrBa2Cu4O8 has been measured as a function of electron irradiation fluence. Localization effects are observed for extremely small amounts of disorder corresponding to electron mean free paths of order 100 unit cells. Estimates of the localization corrections suggest that this anomalous localization threshold heralds a crossover to a ground state with pronounced one-dimensional character in which conduction electrons become confined to a small cluster of chains.
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.136402
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.136402
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.136402
M3 - Article
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 99
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 13
M1 - 136402
ER -