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Dependence of Quantized Hall Effect Breakdown Voltage on Magnetic Field and Current
1National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001.
Abstract:
When large currents are passed through a high-quality quantized Hall resistance device the voltage drop along the device is observed to assume discrete, quantized states if the voltage is plotted versus the magnetic field. These quantized dissipative voltage states are interpreted as occurring when electrons are excited to higher Landau levels and then return to the original Landau level. The quantization is found to be, in general, both a function of magnetic field and current. Consequently, it can be more difficult to verify and determine dissipative voltage quantization than previously suspected.
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