Mesoscopic Phenomena in Microstructures of IV-VI Epilayers

Magnetoresistance measurements of photolithographically patterned PbSe and Pb$\text{}_{1-y}$Mn$\text{}_{x}$Se microstructures were performed. Reproducible magnetoconductance fluctuations with the amplitude increasing with decreasing temperature were observed. Unexpectedly, these fluctuations contain a component periodic in the magnetic field, and their magnitude is greater than that expected from the current theory of the universal conductance fluctuations. Possible explanations are discussed.