Reconstruction of the $\nu =1$ Quantum Hall Edge
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2009-10-30 v1
Abstract
The sharp \nu=1 quantum Hall edge present for hard confinement is shown to have two modes that go soft as the confining potential softens. This signals a second order transition to a reconstructed edge that is either a depolarized spin-texture edge or a polarized charge density wave edge.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9709339,
title = {Reconstruction of the $\nu =1$ Quantum Hall Edge},
author = {A. Karlhede and K. Lejnell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9709339},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, 4 figures, to be published in the proceedings of the workshop on ``Novel Physics in Low-Dimensional Electron Systems'' held in Dresden, Physica E