Electron pinball and commensurate orbits in a periodic array of scatterers

D. Weiss, M. L. Roukes, A. Menschig, P. Grambow, K. von Klitzing, and G. Weimann
Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 2790 – Published 27 May 1991
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Abstract

We have introduced an artificial array of scatterers into a macroscopic two-dimensional conductor nearly devoid of intrinsic defects. This generates pronounced structure in the magnetoresistance, anomalous low-field Hall plateaus, and a quenching of the Hall effect about B=0. Our calculations show that the predominant features in the data arise from commensurate classical orbits impaled upon small groups of the imposed scatterers.

  • Received 15 November 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.2790

©1991 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

D. Weiss, M. L. Roukes, A. Menschig, P. Grambow, K. von Klitzing, and G. Weimann

  • Bellcore, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, D-7000 Stuttgart 80, Germany
  • IV Physikalisches Institut der Universität Stuttgart, D-7000 Stuttgart 80, Germany
  • Walter-Schottky Institut der Technische Universität München, D-8046 Garching, Germany

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Vol. 66, Iss. 21 — 27 May 1991

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