Experimental determination of the current flow in the quantum Hall regime

B. B. Goldberg; Ch Simon; F. F. Fang; M. K. Thomas; S. Wright

doi:10.1016/0039-6028(86)90964-7

Experimental determination of the current flow in the quantum Hall regime

B. B. Goldberg^*, Ch Simon, F. F. Fang, M. K. Thomas, S. Wright

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Abstract

We have developed a new method of determining the interior potential distribution, and hence the current flow, in a quantized two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) at low temperature and high magnetic fields. Our results show that current carrying states exist in the bulk of the 2DEG and that the distribution of current changes with source-drain current and can vary appreciably over a small range of magnetic field well within the quantum Hall regime. In addition, increasing σ_xx reduces the variation in the current distribution with magnetic field.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	214-221
Number of pages	8
Journal	Surface Science
Volume	170
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0039-6028(86)90964-7
State	Published - Apr 3 1986

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The authors wish to acknowledge valuable discussions with P.J. Stiles• Ch. Simon acknowledges support by the Centre National de la Recherche Scien-tifique, France• This work was partially supported by National Science Foundation grant DMR-8314397-01.

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