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V H. H. J. z. y. x. Hall effect. x. Low Field Magnetoresistance, Hall effect in Drude Theory. V H. H. J. z. y. x. x. 2. 3. One measures the voltage drop along y and the current along x, not a resistance. z. y. x. V x. V H. H. J.
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Low Field Magnetoresistance, Hall effect in Drude Theory VH H J z y x x 2
One measures the voltage drop along y and the current along x, not a resistance z y x Vx VH H J Hall resistanceisproportional to magneticfieldsince the phenomenonis due to the Lorentz force and the conductoris linear and inverselyproportional to n since the Lorentz force goes with the velocity, not with J, and J=neV. 4
Hall resistanceisproportional to magneticfieldin Drude theory, however….. Quantized Hall effect of the two-dimensional electron gas in GaAs- AlxGa1-xAs heterojunctionsatlowtemperatures to 50 mK. In the small-current and low-temperature limitsharpstepsconnecting the quantized Hall resistanceplateaus. The diagonalresistivityρxxdecreases with decreasingTat the Shubnikov—de Haaspeaks, aswellasat the dips, and isvanishingly small atmagneticfieldsabove 40 kG 5
2d electron gas in (x,y) plane in magneticfield H parallel to z axis z y x H We start with the Theory for spinless electrons Main alternative Choices of the gauge
y kx
The energylevels do notdepend on kx, so theirdegeneracyis just the number of kxpoints: itisfound by imposingthat y0cannotexceed sample size. y kx r(w) with H r(w) without H E E
m Ht H Groundstate energy – 2DEG
Note! All electrons contribute , not only the open LL
K. v. Klitzing Used the depletionlayer of a GaAs MOSFET as a 2d electron gas
K. v. Klitzing discovery: 1980 Nobel prize: 1985 Oscillations of longitudina resistivity =Shubnikov-deHaas, minima close to 0. Plateaux in Hall resistivity r=h/(ne2) with integer n correspond to the minima (From Datta page 25)