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Title: Fractional Quantum Hall Effect in Infinite-Layer Systems

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters

Stacked two dimensional electron systems in transverse magnetic fields exhibit three dimensional fractional quantum Hall phases. We analyze the simplest such phases and find novel bulk properties, e.g., irrational braiding. These phases host ''one and a half'' dimensional surface phases in which motion in one direction is chiral. We offer a general analysis of conduction in the latter by combining sum rule and renormalization group arguments, and find that when interlayer tunneling is marginal or irrelevant they are chiral semimetals that conduct only at T>0 or with disorder.

Sponsoring Organization:
(US)
OSTI ID:
40205899
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 85, Issue 25; Other Information: Othernumber: PRLTAO000085000025005408000001; 047050PRL; PBD: 18 Dec 2000; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
The American Physical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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