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We constructed a Hall resistance formula for the fractional quantum Hall effect by analyzing the experimental data reported in [J. P. Eisenstein and H. L. Stormer, {Science} {\bf 248}, 1510 (1990)]. The formula is given as a function of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-15 Tadashi Toyoda

We study two quantum mechanical systems on the noncommutative plane using a representation independent approach. First, in the context of the Landau problem, we obtain an explicit expression for the gauge transformation that connects the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-23 Nicolas Nessi , Lucas Sourrouille

Using the Chalker-Coddington network model as a drastically simplified, but universal model of integer quantum Hall physics, we investigate the plateau-to-insulator transition at strong magnetic field by means of a real-space…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Philipp Cain , Rudolf A. Roemer

Despite the extensive literature on the quantum Hall effect (QHE), a direct derivation of the phenomenological formula $\rho_{xy} = h/e^2\nu$ from first principles has remained elusive. In this work, we revisit the Landau and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-11 Pedro Pereyra

In quantum transport through nanoscale devices, fluctuations arise from various sources: the discreteness of charge carriers, the statistical non-equilibrium that is required for device operation, and unavoidable quantum uncertainty. As…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Samuel L. Rudge , Daniel S. Kosov

Magnetotransport measurements were performed in a ultra-high mobility GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well of density $\sim 3.0 \times 10^{11}$ $cm^{-2}$. The temperature dependence of the magnetoresistance $R_{xx}$ was studied in detail in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. Gervais , L. W. Engel , H. L. Stormer , D. C. Tsui , K. W. Baldwin , K. W. West , L. N. Pfeiffer

We revisit the problem of the plateau transition in the integer quantum Hall effect. Here we develop an analytical approach for this transition, based on the theory of conformal restriction. This is a mathematical theory that was recently…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2012-10-29 E. Bettelheim , I. A. Gruzberg , A. W. W. Ludwig

Quantum antidot, a small potential hill introduced into a two-dimensional electron system, presents an attractive tool to study quantum mechanics of interacting electrons.Here, we report experiments on electron resonant tunneling via a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-03-24 V. J. Goldman , Jun Liu , A. Zaslavsky

Experimental data on quantum phase transitions in two-dimensional systems (superconductor-insulator, metal-insulator, and transitions under conditions of integer quantum Hall effect) are critically analyzed.

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. L. Shangina , V. T. Dolgopolov

There is considerable experimental evidence for the existence in Quantum Hall systems of an approximate emergent discrete symmetry, $\Gamma_0(2) \subset SL(2,Z)$. The evidence consists of the robustness of the tests of a suite a predictions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. P. Burgess , B. P. Dolan

Mean-field theory predicts that bilayer quantum Hall systems at odd integer total filling factors can have stripe ground states in which the top Landau level is occupied alternately by electrons in one of the two layers. We report on an…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 Emiliano Papa , John Schliemann , Allan H. MacDonald , Matthew P. A. Fisher

The mathematical equivalence of the time-independent Schrodinger equation and the Helmholtz equation is exploited to provide a novel means of studying universal conductance fluctuations in ballistic chaotic mesoscopic systems using a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Sameer Hemmady , James Hart , Xing Zheng , Thomas M. Antonsen , Edward Ott , Steven M. Anlage

Using scanning tunneling spectroscopy in ultra-high vacuum at low temperature (T = 0.3 K) and high magnetic fields (B < 12 T), we directly probe electronic wave functions across an integer quantum Hall transition. In accordance with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-12-17 K. Hashimoto , C. Sohrmann , J. Wiebe , T. Inaoka , F. Meier , Y. Hirayama , R. A. Roemer , R. Wiesendanger , M. Morgenstern

We show that any critical transition region between two adjacent Hall plateaus in either integer or fractional quantum Hall effect is characterized by a universal semi-circle relationship between the longitudinal and transverse…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Igor Ruzin , Shechao Feng

We analyze electron transport in multiprobe quantum spin Hall (QSH) bars using the B\"{u}ttiker formalism and draw parallels with their quantum Hall (QH) counterparts. We find that in a QSH bar the measured resistance changes upon…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-12 Awadhesh Narayan , Stefano Sanvito

We use the Kubo-Landauer formalism to compute the longitudinal (two-terminal) conductance of a two dimensional electron system placed in a strong perpendicular magnetic field, and subjected to periodic modulations and/or disorder…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Chenggang Zhou , Mona Berciu

Mesoscopic systems provide us a unique experimental stage to address non-equilibrium quantum statistical physics. By using a simple tunneling model, we describe the electron exchange process via a quantum coherent conductor between two…

In experiments on electron transport the macroscopic inhomogeneities in the sample play a fundamental role. In this paper and a subsequent one we introduce and develop a general formalism that captures the principal features of sample…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Karmakar , M. R. Gokhale , A. P. Shah , B. M. Arora , D. T. N. de Lang , A. de Visser , L. A. Ponomarenko , A. M. M. Pruisken

We present magneto transport experiments of quasi 3D PbTe wide quantum wells. A plateau-like structure in the Hall resistance is observed, which corresponds to the Shubnikov de Haas oscillations in the same manner as known from the quantum…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-10-30 J. Oswald , G. Span , A. Homer , G. Heigl , P. Ganitzer , D. K. Maude , J. C. Portal

In electrical metrology, the quantum Hall effect is accessed at the Landau level filling factor {\nu} = 2 plateau to define and disseminate the unit of electrical resistance (ohm). The robustness of the plateau is only exhibited at this…