Two-dimensional electron gases in the quantum Hall regime: Analysis of the circulating current in contactless Corbino geometry

被引:3
作者
Petersen, CL [1 ]
Hansen, OP [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV COPENHAGEN,NIELS BOHR INST,OERSTED LAB,DK-2100 COPENHAGEN O,DENMARK
关键词
quantum Hall effect;
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10.1016/0038-1098(96)00184-6
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
We have investigated the magnitude of the circulating bulk current density in Corbino geometry with high-impedance capacitive contacts using: a two-dimensional distributed model. For parameters suited for GaAlAs/GaAs heterostructure samples we find that local current densities can attain values larger than 1 A/m, at which a breakdown of the quantum Hall effect might be expected. The circulating current is found to be sufficiently large to allow inductive detection, and we suggest this as a method to measure sigma(xy). Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd
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