Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
1999-05-25
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
12 pages, RevTex
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.60.13343
The distribution of electron density in the quantum Hall liquid is considered in the presence of macroscopic density gradient caused by side electrodes or inhomogeneous doping. In this case different Landau levels are occupied in different regions of a sample. These regions are separated by incompressible liquid. It is shown that the applicability of the approach by Chklovskii et al. is substantially restricted if the density gradient is not very large and disorder is important. Due to the fluctuations of the remote donor's density the liquid in the transition region can not be considered as completely incompressible. In the typical situation, when the gap between Landau levels is not much larger than the energy of disorder, the transition region is a wide band where electron density, averaged over the fluctuations, is independent of magnetic field. The band is a random mixture of regions occupied by electrons of upper level, by holes of lower level and by incompressible liquid. The width of this band is calculated and an analytical expression for the fraction of incompressible liquid in different parts of this band is given.
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