• Accepted Paper

Ballistic electron beams in PdCoO2

Abu Alex Aravindnath, Pavlo V. Pyshkin, Markus König, Seunghyun Khim, Johannes Kleinlein, Hartmut Buhmann, and Laurens W. Molenkamp

Phys. Rev. B - Accepted 14 September, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/83zx-rkmv

Abstract

The transport properties of PdCoO2, a material with a hexagon-shaped Fermi surface, are investigated in the two contrasting crystal directions by ballistic electron deflection in a perpendicular magnetic field. By progressively reducing the device size, we systematically examine the impact of geometric confinement on the electron propagation. The measurements reveal clear orientation-dependent features. The quantitative and qualitative agreement with a theoretical model based on the Landauer–Buttiker formalism allows to distinguish features originating from classical size effects and from the intrinsic anisotropy of the Fermi surface.

Export citation

Export citation

Choose format for download:

Download Citation

If the author has provided any supplemental materials with this article they will be available upon publication of the version of record.

Sign In to Your Journals Account

Filter

Filter

Article Lookup

Enter a citation