Abstract
We compare and contrast the low-temperature magnetotransport properties of ultrathin, insulating Be films with and without spin-orbit scattering (SOS). Beryllium films have very little intrinsic SOS, but by ``dusting'' them with submonolayer coverages of Au, one can introduce a well-controlled SOS rate. Pure Be films with sheet resistance $Rg{R}_{Q}$ exhibit a low-temperature negative magnetoresistance (MR) that saturates to the quantum resistance ${R}_{Q}=h/{e}^{2}$. This high-field quantum metal phase is believed to represent a different ground state of the system. In contrast, the corresponding negative MR in Be/Au films is greatly diminished, suggesting that, in the presence of strong SOS, the quantum metal phase can only be reached at field scales well beyond those typically available in a low-temperature laboratory.
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