Observability of counterpropagating modes at fractional quantum Hall edges

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 13778-13792

  Zulicke U ^a   MacDonald, A ^a   Johnson, M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0037900795     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.13778     Document Type: Article

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