Evidence of nonlocal breakdown of the integer quantum hall effect

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Komiyama, S [1 ]
Kawaguchi, Y [1 ]
Osada, T [1 ]
Shiraki, Y [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TOKYO,ADV SCI & TECHNOL RES CTR,MEGURO KU,TOKYO,JAPAN
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.558
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O4 [物理学];
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Current induced breakdown of the integer quantum Hall effect (QHE) is studied in GaAs/AlGaAs single heterostructure Hall bars at T = 1.6-4.2 K and B = 2-6 T (v = 2, 4, and 6). The QHE breakdown is absent over a macroscopic region in the two-dimensional electron gas channel on the side of the electron-injecting corner of the Hall bars. The observed nonlocal nature suggests that bootstrap-type electron heating is relevant to the QHE breakdown.
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