Published June 15, 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Disorder-tuned transition between a quantum Hall liquid and Hall insulator

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024 (United States)
  • 2. Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
  • 3. National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 (United States)

Description

We report measurements of the disorder-driven phase transition from a quantum Hall liquid to Hall insulator at ν=1/3 and ν=2 observed in a two-dimensional electron gas. The data show good scaling behavior over a wide range of densities and temperatures with an exponent 1/zx∼0.43 for both ν=1/3 and 2, where z is the dynamical exponent and x is the correlation length exponent. The critical conductance at the transition is found to be σxx=0.09±0.01e2/h for the ν=1/3 transition and σxx=0.9±0.15e2/h for the ν=2 case

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Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
24
Journal Page Range
p. 18033-18036.
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMDO