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TY - JOUR
T1 - Weak localisation magnetoresistance and valley symmetry in graphene.
AU - McCann, Edward
AU - Kechedzhi, K.
AU - Fal’ko, Vladimir I.
AU - Suzuura, H.
AU - Ando, T.
AU - Altshuler, B. L.
N1 - ©2006 The American Physical Society
PY - 2006/10/6
Y1 - 2006/10/6
N2 - Due to the chiral nature of electrons in a monolayer of graphite (graphene) one can expect weak antilocalisation and a positive weak-field magnetoresistance in it. However, trigonal warping (which breaks p to −p symmetry of the Fermi line in each valley) suppresses antilocalisation, while inter-valley scattering due to atomically sharp scatterers in a realistic graphene sheet or by edges in a narrow wire tends to restore conventional negative magnetoresistance. We show this by evaluating the dependence of the magnetoresistance of graphene on relaxation rates associated with various possible ways of breaking a ’hidden’ valley symmetry of the system.
AB - Due to the chiral nature of electrons in a monolayer of graphite (graphene) one can expect weak antilocalisation and a positive weak-field magnetoresistance in it. However, trigonal warping (which breaks p to −p symmetry of the Fermi line in each valley) suppresses antilocalisation, while inter-valley scattering due to atomically sharp scatterers in a realistic graphene sheet or by edges in a narrow wire tends to restore conventional negative magnetoresistance. We show this by evaluating the dependence of the magnetoresistance of graphene on relaxation rates associated with various possible ways of breaking a ’hidden’ valley symmetry of the system.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.146805
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.146805
M3 - Journal article
VL - 97
SP - 146805
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
SN - 1079-7114
IS - 14
ER -