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Phys Rev Lett
; 92(25 Pt 1): 256801, 2004 Jun 25.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15245044
ABSTRACT
The spectrum of 2D electrons subjected to a weak 2D potential and a perpendicular magnetic field is composed of Landau bands with a fractal internal pattern of subbands and minigaps referred to as Hofstadter's butterfly. The Hall conductance may serve as a spectroscopic tool as each filled subband contributes a specific quantized value. Advances in sample fabrication now finally offer access to the regime away from the limiting case of a very weak potential. Complex behavior of the Hall conductance is observed and assigned to Landau band-coupling-induced rearrangements within the butterfly.