Evidence for a fractionally quantized Hall state with anisotropic longitudinal transport

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 845-848

  Xia, Jing ^a,c   Eisenstein, J P ^a   Pfeiffer, L N ^b   West, K W ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 80555122783     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2118     Document Type: Article

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