S. Ishida et al., Crossover from hopping to diffusive transport with increasing gate voltagein poly-Si MOS inversion layer, PHYS ST S-B, 218(1), 2000, pp. 89-92
Variation in the temperature dependence of the resistance and magnetic-fiel
d dependence of negative magnetoresistance (MR) with increasing gate voltag
e has been studied on an n-channel poly-Si MOS inversion layer. We find a c
rossover from strongly-localized (hopping) to weakly-localized (diffusive)
regime in two dimensions around the sheet resistance of approximate to 6 k
Omega with increasing gate voltage. In both regimes, the negative MR due to
orbital motion is observed and explained by the quantum interference effec
ts.