INTEGER AND FRACTIONAL CHARGE SOLITONS IN MODULATED STRIPS IN THE FRACTIONAL QUANTUM HALL REGIME

Authors
BENJACOB E GUINEA F HERMON Z SHNIRMAN A
Citation
E. Benjacob et al., INTEGER AND FRACTIONAL CHARGE SOLITONS IN MODULATED STRIPS IN THE FRACTIONAL QUANTUM HALL REGIME, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 55(4), 1997, pp. 2401-2405
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physical review. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
55
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2401 - 2405
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1997)55:4<2401:IAFCSI>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
We study solitonic excitations in two kinds of samples in the fraction al quantum Hall effect regime. One is a strip modulated by a one-dimen sional array of gates; the other is constructed of two parallel strips coupled by a one-dimensional array of tunnel barriers. We predict the existence of integer charge solitons in the first case and fractional charge solitons in the second case. We study the two cases in both th e dissipative and the inertial limits.