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We discuss quantum Hall effect in the presence of arbitrary pair interactions between electrons. It is shown that irrespective of the interaction strength the Hall conductivity is given by the filling fraction of Landau levels averaged over…

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The integer quantum Hall effect (IQHE) and chaos are commonly conceived as being unrelated. Contrary to common wisdoms, we find in a canonical chaotic system, the kicked spin-$1/2$ rotor, a Planck's quantum($h_e$)-driven phenomenon bearing…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2014-11-25 Yu Chen , Chushun Tian

We investigate numerically the integer quantum Hall effect (IQHE) in a two-dimensional square lattice with non-interacting electrons subjected to disorder and uniform magnetic field in a direction perpendicular to the lattice plane. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-09-07 Paramita Dutta , Santanu K. Maiti , S. N. Karmakar

The high-frequency conductivity of Si delta-doped GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures is studied in the integer quantum Hall effect (QHE) regime, using acoustic methods. Both the real and the imaginary parts of the complex conductivity are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 I. L. Drichko , A. M. Diakonov , I. Yu. Smirnov , Y. M. Galperin , A. I. Toropov

Two-dimensional electron systems (2DES) are promising for investigating correlated quantum phenomena. In particular, 2D oxides provide a platform that can host various quantum phases such as quantized Hall effect, superconductivity, or…

Quantum Hall effect (QHE) is a macroscopic manifestation of quantized states which only occurs in confined two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) systems. Experimentally, QHE is hosted in high mobility 2DEG with large external magnetic field…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-10-17 Gang Qiu , Yixiu Wang , Yifan Nie , Yongping Zheng , Kyeongjae Cho , Wenzhuo Wu , Peide D. Ye

The conventional theory of the integer quantum Hall effect (IQHE) fails for irrational magnetic fields owing to the breakdown of magnetic translational symmetry. Here, based on the recently proposed incommensurate energy band (IEB) theory,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 Zhao-Wen Miao , Chen Zhao , Jin-Hua Gao , X. C. Xie

We study the effect of disorder on the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in two-dimensional ferromagnets. The topological nature of AHE leads to the integer quantum Hall effect from a metal, i.e., the quantization of $\sigma_{xy}$ induced by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Masaru Onoda , Naoto Nagaosa

The quantum Hall effect was originally observed in a two-dimensional electron gas forming Landau levels when exposed to a strong perpendicular magnetic field and was later generalized to Chern insulators without net magnetization. Here,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-04 Benjamin Michen , Jan Carl Budich

A field-theoretic formulation of a planar Hall-electron system with edges is presented and some fundamental aspects of the integer quantum Hall effect are studied with emphasis on clarifying general symmetry-based consequences of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 K. Shizuya

We construct a generalization of the quantum Hall effect, where particles move in four dimensional space under a SU(2) gauge field. This system has a macroscopic number of degenerate single particle states. At appropriate integer or…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-05-05 Shou-Cheng Zhang , Jiangping Hu

The quantum Hall effect, which exhibits a number of unusual properties, is studied in a gated 1000-nm-thick HgTe film, nominally a three-dimensional system. A weak zero plateau of Hall resistance, accompanied by a relatively small value of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-17 M. L. Savchenko , D. A. Kozlov , S. S. Krishtopenko , N. N. Mikhailov , Z. D. Kvon , A. Pimenov , D. Weiss

Development of new, high quality functional materials has been at the forefront of condensed matter research. The recent advent of two-dimensional black phosphorus has greatly enriched the material base of two-dimensional electron systems.…

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

The integer quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect is a lattice analog of the quantum Hall effect at zero magnetic field. This striking transport phenomenon occurs in electronic systems with topologically nontrivial bands and spontaneous…

We report results of numerical studies of the integer quantum Hall effect in a tight binding model on a two-dimensional square lattice with non-interacting electrons, in the presence of a random potential as well as a uniform magnetic field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Kun Yang , R. N. Bhatt

The quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE), the last member of Hall family, was predicted to exhibit quantized Hall conductivity e2/h without any external magnetic field. The QAHE shares a similar physical phenomenon with the integer quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Cui-Zu Chang , Mingda Li

By studying the quantum Hall effect of stationary states with high values of injected current using a von Neumann lattice representation, we found that broadening of extended state bands due to a Hall electric field occurs and causes the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Kenzo Ishikawa , Nobuki Maeda , Tetsuyuki Ochiai , Hisao Suzuki

Symmetry, dimensionality, and interaction are crucial ingredients for phase transitions and quantum states of matter. As a prominent example, the integer quantum Hall effect (QHE) represents a topological phase generally regarded as…

Charge fractionalization is a possible emergent excitation in a low-dimensional system of interacting electrons. A known example is that of fractional charges in the fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) regime, which is a consequence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-10-31 Hiroyuki Inoue , Anna Grivnin , Nissim Ofek , Izhar Neder , Moty Heiblum , Vladimir Umansky , Diana Mahalu