Spin-orbit scattering and magnetoconductance of strongly localized electrons
- 17 June 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 66 (24), 3187-3190
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.66.3187
Abstract
The effect of a magnetic field on the tunneling probability of strongly localized electrons is calculated in the presence of spin-orbit scattering. Numerical (transfer matrix) and theoretical (replica analysis) arguments indicate a positive magnetoconductance, but no increase in the localization length. Universal and nonuniversal aspects of the tunneling probability distribution, and their relation to the symmetries of the Hamiltonian, are discussed.Keywords
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