Fractal geometry of electron orbits in random systems with strong magnetic field

Ramit Mehr and Amnon Aharony
Phys. Rev. B 37, 6349 – Published 15 April 1988
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Abstract

We study electron orbits under a random electric potential and a strong magnetic field, at the threshold energy above (and below) which all orbits are localized. In two dimensions (2D), these orbits are equipotential lines, which have the same fractal dimension as the hulls of percolation clusters, Dh=7/4. In 3D the electron moves on cylinders between equipotential surfaces, with approximately constant heights. The slowest motion is on transverse projections of these cylinders, which are very similar to the two-dimensional orbits. The results are relevant to the quantum Hall effect.

  • Received 4 December 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.37.6349

©1988 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Ramit Mehr and Amnon Aharony

  • School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel

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Vol. 37, Iss. 11 — 15 April 1988

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