Searching for the fractional quantum Hall effect in graphite.

Autor: Kopelevich Y; Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil., Raquet B, Goiran M, Escoffier W, da Silva RR, Pantoja JC, Luk'yanchuk IA, Sinchenko A, Monceau P
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2009 Sep 11; Vol. 103 (11), pp. 116802. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Sep 09.
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.116802
Abstrakt: Measurements of basal plane longitudinal rho(b)(B) and Hall rho(H)(B) resistivities were performed on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite samples in a pulsed magnetic field up to B=50 T applied perpendicular to graphene planes, and temperatures 1.5 K30 T and for all studied samples, we observed a sign change in rho(H)(B) from electron- to holelike. For our best quality sample, the measurements revealed the enhancement in rho(b)(B) for B>34 T (T=1.8 K), presumably associated with the field-driven charge density wave or Wigner crystallization transition. In addition, well-defined plateaus in rho(H)(B) were detected in the ultraquantum limit revealing possible signatures of the fractional quantum Hall effect in graphite.
Databáze: MEDLINE