Experimental evidence for a two-dimensional quantized Hall insulator

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6703, 1998, Pages 675-677

  Hilke, M ^a   Shahar, D ^a,c   Song, S H ^a,d   Tsui, D C ^a   Xie, Y H ^b   Monroe, Don ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d Hynix Semiconductor Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0032531974     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/27160     Document Type: Article

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