MAGNETIC-FIELD INDUCED TRANSITIONS BETWEEN QUANTIZED HALL AND INSULATOR STATES IN A DILUTE 2D ELECTRON-GAS

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作者
DIORIO, M [1 ]
PUDALOV, VM [1 ]
SEMENCHINSKY, SG [1 ]
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[1] MOSCOW INST METROL SERV,MOSCOW 117334,USSR
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10.1016/0375-9601(90)90244-I
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We report on the observation of a new phenomenon: a sequence of magnetic field induced transitions between well defined quantum Hall effect states, with a Hall resistance quantized as integer fractions of h/e2 and a vanishingly small longitudinal resistance, and insulator states with longitudinal resistance exceeding 2×109 Ω. This phenomenon is observed in extremely high mobility Si MOSFETs, in a range of electron concentrations corresponding to a dilute 2D electron gas in or near an activated electronic transport regime. We attribute this effect to a modulation of the metal-insulator transition by the quantum Hall effect or to the formation of a pinned Wigner solid. © 1990.
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