Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
1998-03-12
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
16 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.57.9928
The duality in the Chalker-Coddington network model is examined. We are able to write down a duality relation for the edge state transmission coefficient, but only for a specific symmetric Hall geometry. Looking for broader implication of the duality, we calculate the transmission coefficient $T$ in terms of the conductivity $\sigma_{xx}$ and $\sigma_{xy}$ in the diffusive limit. The edge state scattering problem is reduced to solving the diffusion equation with two boundary conditions $(\partial_y-(\sigma_{xy})/(\sigma_{xx})\partial_x)\phi=0$ and $[\partial_x+(\sigma_{xy}-\sigma_{xy}^{lead})/(\sigma_{xx}) \partial_y]\phi=0$. We find that the resistances in the geometry considered are not necessarily measures of the resistivity and $\rho_{xx}=L/W R/T h/e^2$ ($R=1-T$) holds only when $\rho_{xy}$ is quantized. We conclude that duality alone is not sufficient to explain the experimental findings of Shahar et al and that Landauer-Buttiker argument does not render the additional condition, contrary to previous expectation.
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