Microwave-induced dephasing in one-dimensional metal wires.
We report on the effect of monochromatic microwave (MW) radiation on the weak-localization corrections to the conductivity of quasi-one-dimensional silver wires. Because of the improved electron cooling in the wires, the MW-induced dephasing is observed without a concomitant overheating of electrons over wide ranges of the MW power P(MW) and frequency f. The observed dependences of the conductivity and MW-induced dephasing rate on P(MW) and f are in agreement with the theory by Altshuler, Aronov, and Khmelnitsky [Solid State Commun. 39, 619 (1981)]. Our results suggest that in the low-temperature experiments with 1D wires, saturation of the temperature dependence of the dephasing time can be caused by an MW electromagnetic noise with a sub-pW power.
Wei
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
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