NEW RESISTIVITY FOR HIGH-MOBILITY QUANTUM HALL CONDUCTORS

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MCEUEN, PL [1 ]
SZAFER, A [1 ]
RICHTER, CA [1 ]
ALPHENAAR, BW [1 ]
JAIN, JK [1 ]
STONE, AD [1 ]
WHEELER, RG [1 ]
SACKS, RN [1 ]
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[1] UNITED TECHNOL RES CTR,E HARTFORD,CT 06108
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.2062
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We present measurements showing dramatic nonlocal behavior in the four-terminal resistances of a high-mobility quantum Hall conductor. These measurements illustrate that the standard definition of the resistivity tensor is inappropriate, but they are in excellent agreement with a new model of the conductor that treats the edge and bulk conducting pathways independently. This model uses a single intensive parameter, analogous to a local resistivity for the bulk channel only, to characterize the system. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:2062 / 2065
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