Magnetoresistance measurements of photolithographically patterned PbSe and Pb1y Mnx 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.
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