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Metal-insulator transition in a multilayer system with a strong magnetic field

Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We study the Anderson localization in a weakly coupled multilayer system with a strong magnetic field perpendicular to the layers. The phase diagram of 1/3 flux quanta per plaquette is obtained. The phase diagram shows that a three-dimensional quantum Hall effect phase exists for a weak on-site disorder. For intermediate disorder, the system has insulating and normal metallic phases separated by a mobility edge. At an even larger disorder, all states are localized and the system is an insulator. The critical exponent of the localization length is found to be ν=1.57±0.10\nu=1.57\pm0.10.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9904358,
  title  = {Metal-insulator transition in a multilayer system with a strong magnetic field},
  author = {X. R. Wang and C. Y. Wong and X. C. Xie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9904358},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Latex file, 3 figures