Dynamical conductivity of disordered quantum Hall stripes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Li, Mei Rong ^a   Fertig, H A ^b,c   Cote R ^a   Yi, Hangmo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Soongsil University   (South Korea)

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EID: 28644442982     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.155312     Document Type: Article

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