Field-induced confinement in (TMTSF)<Subscript>2</Subscript>ClO<Subscript>4</Subscript>  under accurately aligned magnetic fields

We present transport measurements along the least conducting c direction of the organic superconductor (TMTSF)<Subscript>2</Subscript>ClO<Subscript>4</Subscript>  performed under an accurately aligned magnetic field in the low temperature regime. The experimental results reveal a two-dimensional confinement of the carriers in the (a, b) planes which is governed by the magnetic field component along the b<Superscript>′</Superscript> direction. This 2-D confinement is accompanied by a metal-insulator transition for the c axis resistivity. These data are supported by a quantum mechanical calculation of the transverse transport taking into account in self consistent treatment the effect of the field on the interplane Green function and on the intraplane scattering time. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2006