2000/10/31 by Jordan Kyriakidis, Leo Radzihovsky
Chemistry · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Bilayer #Chemistry #Condensed matter physics #Current (fluid) #Dissipation #Electron #Nucleation #Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum #Quantum Hall effect #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Quantum mechanics #Semiconductor materials and devices #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.str-el
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.64.201314
published as Phys. Rev. B 64, 201314 (2001) · 4 pgs. REVTeX, 3 eps figures
openalex publication_date 2001/11/02 · arxiv created 2001/11/16 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Bilayer quantum Hall states support a flow of nearly dissipationless staggered current which can only decay through collective channels. We study the dominant finite-temperature dissipation mechanism which in narrow bars is driven by thermal nucleation of pseudospin solitons. We find the finite-temperature resistivity, predict the resulting staggered current-voltage characteristics, and calculate the associated zero-temperature critical staggered current and gate voltage.