CURRENT SCALING IN THE INTEGER QUANTUM HALL-EFFECT

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作者
WEI, HP [1 ]
ENGEL, LW [1 ]
TSUI, DC [1 ]
机构
[1] PRINCETON UNIV,DEPT ELECT ENGN,PRINCETON,NJ 08544
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 50卷 / 19期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.50.14609
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We report a current (I)-dependent transport measurement in between two adjacent integer quantum Hall plateaus at different bath temperatures (Tb) for 10 nA<I<10 μA. We find the maximum slope in ρxy scales with I when I is larger than a characteristic value. Combined with previous T scaling results, we find the current-dependent effective temperature of the two-dimensional electron gas in the integer quantum Hall effect regime, Te∼I0.5, independent of Landau levels and the spin degeneracy. This result allows us to deduce that p=2 for the T exponent of the inelastic scattering length (lin∼Te-p/2). Therefore, the values of the localization exponent ν and of the dynamical exponent z can be obtained directly and independently. © 1994 The American Physical Society.
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页码:14609 / 14612
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