TY - JOUR
T1 - Fractal geometry of electron orbits in random systems with strong magnetic field
AU - Mehr, Ramit
AU - Aharony, Amnon
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - We study electron orbits under a random electric potential and a strong magnetic field, at the threshold energy above (and below) which all orbits are localized. In two dimensions (2D), these orbits are equipotential lines, which have the same fractal dimension as the hulls of percolation clusters, Dh=7/4. In 3D the electron moves on cylinders between equipotential surfaces, with approximately constant heights. The slowest motion is on transverse projections of these cylinders, which are very similar to the two-dimensional orbits. The results are relevant to the quantum Hall effect.
AB - We study electron orbits under a random electric potential and a strong magnetic field, at the threshold energy above (and below) which all orbits are localized. In two dimensions (2D), these orbits are equipotential lines, which have the same fractal dimension as the hulls of percolation clusters, Dh=7/4. In 3D the electron moves on cylinders between equipotential surfaces, with approximately constant heights. The slowest motion is on transverse projections of these cylinders, which are very similar to the two-dimensional orbits. The results are relevant to the quantum Hall effect.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.37.6349
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.37.6349
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AN - SCOPUS:0010245982
SN - 0163-1829
VL - 37
SP - 6349
EP - 6352
JO - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
JF - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
IS - 11
ER -