2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/29992We report a novel phenomenon that the universal conductance fluctuations (UCF) can be suppressed by a small electric field E. The experiment has been carried out on single crystals of Si doped heavily with P and B beyond the critical composition of insulator to metal transition. The phenomenon is identified as a consequence of electric field induced dephasing of the electron wavefunction. Over the range of measurements, the observed dephasing rate (τ_ϕ^{-1}) varied as τ_ϕ^{-1} = aT + bE^q with q \approx 1.3 and for E >> E^*, a cross-over field, τ_ϕ^{-1} \sim E^q, independent of T. This experiment also establishes that the UCF can be utilized as a sensitive electron "interferometer" to measure dephasing rate.4 pages, 3 eps figuresMesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsStrongly Correlated Electronstext