Competition between magnetic field dependent band structure and coherent backscattering in multiwall carbon nanotubes

Abstract

Magnetotransport measurements in large diameter multiwall carbon nanotubes (20-40 nm) demonstrate the competition of a magnetic-field dependent bandstructure and Altshuler-Aronov-Spivak oscillations. By means of an efficient capacitive coupling to a backgate electrode, the magnetoconductance oscillations are explored as a function of Fermi level shift. Changing the magnetic field orientation with respect to the tube axis and by ensemble averaging, allows the contributions of different Aharonov-Bohm phases to be identified. The results are in qualitative agreement with numerical calculations of the band structure and the conductance. © IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.