ELECTRON PINBALL AND COMMENSURATE ORBITS IN A PERIODIC ARRAY OF SCATTERERS

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作者
WEISS, D
ROUKES, ML
MENSCHIG, A
GRAMBOW, P
VONKLITZING, K
WEIMANN, G
机构
[1] MAX PLANCK INST FESTKORPERFORSCH,W-7000 STUTTGART 80,GERMANY
[2] UNIV STUTTGART,INST PHYS 4,W-7000 STUTTGART 80,GERMANY
[3] TECH UNIV MUNICH,WALTER SCHOTTKY INST,W-8046 GARCHING,GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.2790
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We have introduced an artificial array of scatterers into a macroscopic two-dimensional conductor nearly devoid of intrinsic defects. This generates pronounced structure in the magnetoresistance, anomalous low-field Hall plateaus, and a quenching of the Hall effect about B = 0. Our calculations show that the predominant features in the data arise from commensurate classical orbits impaled upon small groups of the imposed scatterers.
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页码:2790 / 2793
页数:4
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