A Model for the Voltage Steps in the Breakdown of the Integer Quantum Hall Effect
arXiv:cond-mat/0201532 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.126803
Abstract
In samples used to maintain the US resistance standard the breakdown of the dissipationless integer quantum Hall effect occurs as a series of dissipative voltage steps. A mechanism for this type of breakdown is proposed, based on the generation of magneto-excitons when the quantum Hall fluid flows past an ionised impurity above a critical velocity. The calculated generation rate gives a voltage step height in good agreement with measurements on both electron and hole gases. We also compare this model to a hydrodynamic description of breakdown.
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