New Method for High-Accuracy Determination of the Fine-Structure Constant Based on Quantized Hall Resistance
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Measurements of the Hall voltage of a two-dimensional electron gas, realized with a silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, show that the Hall resistance at particular, experimentally well-defined surface carrier concentrations has fixed values which depend only on the fine-structure constant and speed of light, and is insensitive to the geometry of the device. Preliminary data are reported.
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The quantum Hall effect refers to quantization of Hall conductivity in two-dimensional electronic systems with broken time-reversal symmetry.
“The quantum Hall effect (QHE), first measured in 1980 by Klitzing, Dorda and Pepper [16], refers to the quantization of Hall conductivity in two-dimensional electronic systems (or analogous atomic and other systems) with broken time-reversal symmetry (TRS).”
From Anyons, Zitterbewegung and dynamical phase transitions in topologically nontrivial systems (2022) · cites this paper as [16]
The Hall conductivity is quantized in units of q^2/h.
“The Hall (transverse) conductivity is quantized in units of q 2 /h [16]”
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Both the integer and fractional QHE were discovered in semiconductor systems.
“Both the integer and the fractional QHE, largely responsible for diverting attention to topological quantum phases of matter, were discovered in semiconductor systems [16,26].”
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The integer quantum Hall effect (IQHE) is a phenomenon of quantization of Hall conductivity in 2D systems with broken time-reversal symmetry.
“Cjelobrojni kvantni Hallov efekt (IQHE), otkriven 1980. [16], pojava je kvantizacije Hallove vodljivosti u 2D sustavima s narušenom simetrijom obrata vremena:”
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With the discovery of topological quantum states of matter, classical systems with similar phenomenology could also be identified.
“It is thus intuitive that, with the discovery of various topological quantum states of matter such as quantum Hall 4 and quantum spin Hall effect 5 , classical systems with similar phenomenology could also be identified.”
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Recent works experimentally demonstrated photonic edge states derived by topological arguments, but none are topologically protected against scattering.
“On the other hand, a number of recent works have experimentally demonstrated the existence of photonic edge states that are derived by topological arguments (namely the bulk-edge correspondence principle) 13 -15 .However, none of these edge states is topologically protected against scattering and should not be confused with the topologically protected edge states in a topological insulator.”
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- Klitzing, K. V., Dorda, G., & Pepper, M.
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- Max Planck Society (DE)
- Siemens (Germany) (DE)
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- American Physical Society (APS)
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- Keywords
- fine-structure constant, quantized Hall resistance, two-dimensional electron gas, Hall voltage, MOSFET, surface carrier concentration, speed of light, high-accuracy measurement
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