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Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4492–4495 (1998)

Incoherent Interlayer Transport and Angular-Dependent Magnetoresistance Oscillations in Layered Metals

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Ross H. McKenzie* and Perez Moses
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia

Received 10 June 1998; published in the issue dated 16 November 1998

The effect of incoherent interlayer transport on the interlayer resistance of a layered metal is considered. We find that for both quasi-one-dimensional and quasi-two-dimensional Fermi liquids the angular dependence of the magnetoresistance is essentially the same for coherent and incoherent transport. Consequently, the existence of a three-dimensional Fermi surface is not necessary to explain the oscillations in the magnetoresistance that are seen in many organic conductors as the field direction is varied.

© 1998 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.4492
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.4492
PACS:
74.70.Kn, 71.10.Hf, 72.15.Gd, 74.20.Mn

*Electronic address: ross@newt.phys.unsw.edu.au