Oscillations of magnetoresistance in a clean hollow cylinder with fluctuating radius

TL;DR

This paper investigates how magnetic oscillations of resistivity in a clean hollow cylinder change with radius fluctuations, revealing a transition from standard to flux quantum periodicity depending on fluctuation strength.

Contribution

It demonstrates the transition of magnetic oscillation periods in a clean hollow cylinder with radius fluctuations, connecting clean and dirty system behaviors.

Findings

Weak fluctuations preserve standard $2\Phi_0$ period.

Strong fluctuations lead to $\Phi_0$-periodic oscillations.

Results explain observed oscillation patterns in clean Bismuth wires.

Abstract

We consider magnetic oscillations of resistivity of a clean hollow cylinder with fluctuating radius $R$, threaded by magnetic flux $\Phi$. We demonstrate, that for very weak fluctuations $\Delta R\ll p_F^{-1}$ the oscillations have a standard period $2\Phi_0$ (where $\Phi_0=\pi c\hbar/2e$), characteristic for oscillations in a clean system, while for $\Delta R\gg p_F^{-1}$ they become $\Phi_0$-periodic, which was expected only for dirty systems with $R\gg l$. The work is motivated by observation of predominantly $\Phi_0$-periodic magnetic oscillations in very clean Bismuth wires.