Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2001-12-18
Phys. Rev. Letters 88, 136402 (2002)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
published version
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.136402
The temperature dependence of conductivity $\sigma (T)$ of a two-dimensional electron system in silicon has been studied in parallel magnetic fields B. At B=0, the system displays a metal-insulator transition at a critical electron density $n_c(0)$, and $d\sigma/dT >0$ in the metallic phase. At low fields ($B\lesssim 2$ T), $n_c$ increases as $n_c(B) - n_c(0) \propto B^{\beta}$ ($\beta\sim 1$), and the zero-temperature conductivity scales as $\sigma (n_s,B,T=0)/\sigma (n_s,0,0)=f(B^{\beta}/\delta_n)$ (where $\delta_n=(n_s-n_c(0))/n_c(0)$, and $n_s$ is electron density) as expected for a quantum phase transition. The metallic phase persists in fields of up to 18 T, consistent with the saturation of $n_c$ at high fields.
Eng Kevin
Feng X. G.
Popovic Dragana
Washburn S.
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