Pulsed-magnetic-field measurements of Hall potential oscillations in α-(BEDT-TTF)2TlHg(SCN)4 within the quantum Hall regime

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Honold, MM
Harrison, N
Singleton, J
Nam, MS
Blundell, SJ
Mielke, CH
Kartsovnik, MV
Kushch, ND
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[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Clarendon Lab, Oxford OX1 3PU, England
[2] Los Alamos Natl Lab, NHMFL, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
[3] Walther Meissner Inst Tieftemp Forsch, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[4] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Chem Phys Res, Chernogolovka 142432, Russia
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10.1103/PhysRevB.59.R10417
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Using a variant of the Corbino geometry in pulsed magnetic fields of up to 60 T, we have made direct measurements of the Hall potential in alpha-(BEDT-TTF)(2)TlHg(SCN)(4) within the quantum Hall regime. This method enables the in-plane components of the resistivity tensor, which are normally very difficult to measure, to be investigated and the nonlinear behavior of the sample's I-V characteristics to be studied. It is found that an increasing probability of magnetic breakdown at higher fields leads to a degradation of the quantum Hall effect.
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