Images of Edge Current inᅠInAs/GaSbᅠQuantum Wells

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Quantum spin Hall devices with edges much longer than several microns do not display ballistic transport; that is, their measured conductances are much less thanᅠe2/hᅠper edge. We imaged edge currents inᅠInAs/GaSbᅠquantum wells with long edges and determined an effective edge resistance. Surprisingly, although the effective edge resistance is much greater thanᅠh/e2, it is independent of temperature up to 30ᅠK within experimental resolution. Known candidate scattering mechanisms do not explain our observation of an effective edge resistance that is large yet temperature independent.

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Spanton, Eric M., Nowack, Katja C., Du, Lingjie, et al.. "Images of Edge Current inᅠInAs/GaSbᅠQuantum Wells." Physical Review Letters, 113, no. 2 (2014) American Physical Society: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.026804.

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