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Magnetic field induced directional localization in a 2D rectangular lattice

Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We study the effect of a perpendicular uniform magnetic field on the dissipative conductivity of a rectangular lattice with anisotropic hopping, txtyt_x\neq t_y . We show that the magnetic field may enhance dramatically the directional anisotropy in the conductivity. The effect is a measurable physical realization of Aubry's duality in Harper systems.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9910209,
  title  = {Magnetic field induced directional localization in a 2D rectangular lattice},
  author = {Armelle Barelli and Jean Bellissard and Francisco Claro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9910209},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures