Interaction-induced crossover between weak antilocalization and weak localization in a disordered InAs/GaSb double quantum well

Abstract

We present magneto-transport study in an InAs/GaSb double quantum well structure in the weak localization regime. As the charge carriers are depleted using a top gate electrode, we observe a crossover from weak anti-localization (WAL) to weak localization (WL), when the inelastic phase breaking time decreases below spin-orbit characteristic time as a result of enhanced electron-electron interactions at lower carrier concentrations. The same crossover is observed with increasing temperature. The linear temperature behavior of inelastic scattering rate indicates that the dominant phase breaking mechanism in our 2D system is due to electron-electron interaction.