MAGNETIC-FIELD-INDUCED METAL-INSULATOR-TRANSITION IN 2 DIMENSIONS

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作者
WANG, T [1 ]
CLARK, KP [1 ]
SPENCER, GF [1 ]
MACK, AM [1 ]
KIRK, WP [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MINNESOTA,DEPT PHYS,MINNEAPOLIS,MN 55455
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.709
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We carried out magnetotransport measurements and scaling analysis to report on a new magnetic-field-induced metal-insulator transition in two dimensions, where the separatrix between insulating and conducting states appears at a critical magnetic field. In the insulating state, a giant magnetoresistance is observed over a wide range of magnetic field. At the transition, the resistance remains nearly constant over two decades of temperature. In the conducting state a quantum Hall plateau is observed at h/2e2. The critical exponent is in agreement with those of similar transitions in the quantum Hall regime, possibly reflecting a symmetry between the delocalization processes in 2D.
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