2008/11/26 by Braden A. W. Brinkman, Malcolm P. Kennett
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Condensed Matter Physics #Anisotropy #Condensed matter physics #Conductivity #Electrical resistivity and conductivity #Fermi surface #Isotropy #Magnetic field #Magnetic properties of thin films #Magnetoresistance #Materials science #Maxima #Maxima and minima #Optics #Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum mechanics #Scattering #Superconductivity #cond-mat.str-el
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.80.094505
published as Phys. Rev. B 80, 094505 (2009) · 8 pages, 4 figures
arxiv created 2008/11/26 · openalex publication_date 2009/09/04 · arxiv updated 2015/05/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Studies of interlayer transport in layered metals have generally made use of zero-temperature conductivity expressions to analyze angle-dependent magnetoresistance oscillations (AMRO). However, recent high temperature AMRO experiments have been performed in a regime where the inclusion of finite temperature effects may be required for a quantitative description of the resistivity. We calculate the interlayer conductivity in layered metals with isotropic and anisotropic Fermi surface properties allowing for finite temperature effects. We find that resistance maxima are modified by thermal effects much more strongly than resistance minima. We also use our expressions to calculate the interlayer resistivity appropriate to recent AMRO experiments in an overdoped cuprate which led to the conclusion that there is an anisotropic, linear in temperature contribution to the scattering rate and find that this conclusion is robust.