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Quantum Hall Resistance Overshoot in 2-Dimensional Electron Gases - Theory and Experiment

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-05-19 v1

Abstract

We present a systematical experimental investigation of an unusual transport phenomenon observed in two dimensional electron gases in Si/SiGe heterostructures under integer quantum Hall effect (IQHE) conditions. This phenomenon emerges under specific experimental conditions and in different material systems. It is commonly referred to as Hall resistance overshoot, however, lacks a consistent explanation so far. Based on our experimental findings we are able to develop a model that accounts for all of our observations in the framework of a screening theory for the IQHE. Within this model the origin of the overshoot is attributed to a transport regime where current is confined to co-existing evanescent incompressible strips of different filling factors.

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@article{arxiv.1007.2586,
  title  = {Quantum Hall Resistance Overshoot in 2-Dimensional Electron Gases - Theory and Experiment},
  author = {J. Sailer and A. Wild and V. Lang and A. Siddiki and D. Bougeard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.2586},
  year   = {2015}
}

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26 pages, 10 figures