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Field-induced confinement in (TMTSF)2ClO4  under accurately aligned magnetic fields

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We present transport measurements along the least conducting c direction of the organic superconductor (TMTSF)2ClO4  performed under an accurately aligned magnetic field in the low temperature regime. The experimental results reveal a two-dimensional confinement of the carriers in the (a, b) planes which is governed by the magnetic field component along the b′ direction. This 2-D confinement is accompanied by a metal-insulator transition for the c axis resistivity. These data are supported by a quantum mechanical calculation of the transverse transport taking into account in self consistent treatment the effect of the field on the interplane Green function and on the intraplane scattering time.

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  1. Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (UMR 8502) - Université Paris-Sud, 91405, Orsay, France

    N. Joo, P. Auban-Senzier, C. R. Pasquier, M. Héritier & D. Jérome

  2. Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, LPMC, Campus Universitaire, 1060, Tunis, Tunisie

    N. Joo, S. Haddad & S. Charfi-Kaddour

  3. Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

    S. Yonezawa, R. Higashinaka & Y. Maeno

  4. Department of Chemistry, H. C. Ørsted Institute, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark

    K. Bechgaard

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Joo, N., Auban-Senzier, P., Pasquier, C. et al. Field-induced confinement in (TMTSF)2ClO4  under accurately aligned magnetic fields. Eur. Phys. J. B 52, 337–343 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2006-00308-5

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