Subsurface charge accumulation imaging of a quantum Hall liquid

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6671, 1998, Pages 51-54

  Tessmer, S H ^a,c   Glicofridis, P I ^a   Ashoorl, R C ^a   Levltov, L S ^a   Melloch, M R ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; IMAGING; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 0032485383     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/32112     Document Type: Article

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