Layer-charge instability in unbalanced bilayer systems in the quantum Hall regime

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Tutuc, E ^a   Pillarisetty, R ^a   Melinte, S ^a   De Poortere, E P ^a   Shayegan, M ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENSITY; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR PROBE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 2942695497     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.201308     Document Type: Article

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