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The local nature of incompressibility of quantum Hall effect

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  • E. M. Kendirlik

    (Faculty of Science, Istanbul University)

  • S. Sirt

    (Science and Letters Faculty, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University)

  • S. B. Kalkan

    (Faculty of Science, Istanbul University)

  • N. Ofek

    (Yale University)

  • V. Umansky

    (Braun Center for Submicron Research, Weizmann Institute of Science)

  • A. Siddiki

    (Faculty of Science, Istanbul University
    Science and Letters Faculty, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University)

Abstract

Since the experimental realization of the integer quantum Hall effect in a two-dimensional electron system, the interrelation between the conductance quantization and the topological properties of the system has been investigated. Assuming that the two-dimensional electron system is described by a Bloch Hamiltonian, system is insulating in the bulk of sample throughout the quantum Hall plateau due to a magnetic field induced energy gap. Meanwhile, the system is conducting at the edges resembling a 2+1 dimensional topological insulator without time-reversal symmetry. Here, by our magneto-transport measurements performed on GaAs/AlGaAs high purity Hall bars with two inner contacts we show that incompressible strips formed at the edges result in Hall quantization, even if the bulk is compressible. Consequently, the relationship between the quantum Hall effect and topological bulk insulator breaks for specific field intervals within the plateaus. The measurement of conducting bulk, strongly challenges all existing single-particle theories.

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  • E. M. Kendirlik & S. Sirt & S. B. Kalkan & N. Ofek & V. Umansky & A. Siddiki, 2017. "The local nature of incompressibility of quantum Hall effect," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-7, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms14082
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14082
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