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We discuss a model for the integer quantum Hall effect which is based on a Schroedinger-Chern-Simons-action functional for a non-interacting system of electrons in an electromagnetic field on a mutiply connected manifold. In this model the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Ghaboussi

Magnetoresistance measurements have been performed on a gated two-dimensional electron system (2DES) separated by a thin barrier layer from a layer of InAs self-assembled quantum dots (QDs). Clear features of the quantum Hall effect were…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Takehana , T. Takamasu , G. Kido , H. Henini

The edge states in the integer quantum Hall effect are known to be significantly affected by electrostatic interactions leading to the formation of compressible and incompressible strips at the boundaries of Hall bars. We show here, in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-11-20 H. Hettmansperger , F. Duerr , J. B. Oostinga , C. Gould , B. Trauzettel , L. W. Molenkamp

We investigate spontaneous interlayer phase coherence and the occurrence of the quantum Hall effect in triple-layer electron systems. Our work is based on a simple tight-binding model that greatly facilitates calculations and whose accuracy…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 C. B. Hanna , A. H. MacDonald

The edges of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in the quantum Hall effect (QHE) regime are divided into alternating metallic and insulating strips, with their widths determined by the energy gaps of the QHE states and the electrostatic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Keji Lai , Worasom Kundhikanjana , Michael A. Kelly , Zhi-Xun Shen , Javad Shabani , Mansour Shayegan

In this contribution, we present an introduction to the physical principles underlying the quantum Hall effect. The field theoretic approach to the integral and fractional effect is sketched, with some emphasis on the mechanism of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 Samuel Bieri , Juerg Froehlich

Quantum Hall Dynamics is formulated on von Neumann lattice representation where electrons in Landau levels are defined on lattice sites and are treated systematically like lattice fermions. We give a proof of the integer Hall effect, namely…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Ishikawa , N. Maeda , T. Ochiai , H. Suzuki

Magnetic field emerging from the geometric curvature of quantum structure of electrons in a crystal bends electronic trajectory causing anomalous linear and nonlinear electrical Hall effects that have been observed in low symmetry crystals…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-03-12 Bhuvaneswari R , Mandar M Deshmukh , Umesh V Waghmare

Controlling quantum phases of materials with vacuum field fluctuations in engineered cavities is a novel route towards the optical control of emergent phenomena. We demonstrate, using magnetotransport measurements of a high-mobility…

In this article we review the quantum Hall physics of graphene based two-dimensional electron systems, with a special focus on recent experimental and theoretical developments. We explain why graphene and bilayer graphene can be viewed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Yafis Barlas , Kun Yang , A. H. MacDonald

Quantum electronic noise, the random current fluctuations generated by electrons crossing a quantum conductor, has been thoroughly studied from the electron point of view. Recent experiments have shown that such noise may have striking…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-07 Jean-Charles Forgues , Christian Lupien , Bertrand Reulet

In the fractional quantum Hall effect regime we measure diagonal ($\rho_{xx}$) and Hall ($\rho_{xy}$) magnetoresistivity tensor components of two-dimensional electron system (2DES) in gated GaAs/Al$_{x}$Ga$_{1-x}$As heterojunctions,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. S. Murzin , S. I. Dorozhkin , G. E. Tsydynzhapov , V. N. Zverev

We consider the ground state of an electron gas embedded in a quantum gyrotropic cavity. We show that the light-matter interaction leads to a nontrivial topology of the many-body electron-photon wave function characterized by a nonzero…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-09-01 Ilya Tokatly , Dmitry Gulevich , Ivan Iorsh

This review presents experimental results on the inter-edge-state transport in the quantum Hall effect, mostly obtained in the regime of high imbalance. The application of a special geometry makes it possible to perform I-V spectroscopy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-03-19 E. V. Deviatov , A. Lorke

We consider the excitation of single-electron wave packets by means of a time dependent voltage applied to the ballistic edge channels of the integer quantum Hall effect at filling factor $\nu=2$. Due to electron-electron interactions,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-23 Matteo Acciai , Matteo Carrega , Jérôme Rech , Thibaut Jonckheere , Thierry Martin , Maura Sassetti

In this work we report experiments on defined by shallow etching narrow Hall bars. The magneto-transport properties of intermediate mobility two-dimensional electron systems are investigated and analyzed within the screening theory of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-07 E. M. Kendirlik , S. Sirt , S. B. Kalkan , W. Dietsche , W. Wegscheider , S. Ludwig , A. Siddiki

We use a simple electrostatic treatment to model recent experiments on quantum Hall systems, in which charging of localised states by addition of integer or fractionally-charged quasiparticles is observed. Treating the localised state as a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-06-17 Ana L. C. Pereira , J. T. Chalker

The use of cavity quantum electrodynamical effects, i.e., of vacuum electromagnetic fields, to modify material properties in cavities has rapidly gained popularity and interest in the last few years. However, there is still a scarcity of…

The quantum Hall effect is a remarkable manifestation of quantized transport in a two-dimensional electron gas. Given its technological relevance, it is important to understand its development in realistic nanoscale devices. In this work we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-01-08 I. J. Vera-Marun , P. J. Zomer , A. Veligura , M. H. D. Guimarães , L. Visser , N. Tombros , H. J. van Elferen , U. Zeitler , B. J. van Wees

It is shown that the observed Quantum Hall Effect in epitaxial layers of heavily doped n-type GaAs with thickness (50-140 nm) larger the mean free path of the conduction electrons (15-30 nm) and, therefore, with a three-dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. S. Murzin , I. Claus , A. G. M. Jansen , N. T. Moshegov , A. I. Toropov , K. Eberl