Devil's Staircase in the Magnetoresistance of a Periodic Array of Scatterers
- 21 June 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 87 (2), 026803
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.87.026803
Abstract
The nonlinear response to an external electric field is studied for classical noninteracting charged particles under the influence of a uniform magnetic field, a periodic potential, and an effective friction force. We find numerical and analytical evidence that the ratio of transverse to longitudinal resistance forms a Devil’s staircase. The staircase is attributed to the dynamical phenomenon of mode-locking.Keywords
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