Integer Quantum Hall Effect on a Six-Valley Hydrogen-Passivated Silicon (111) Surface
- 5 July 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 99 (1), 016801
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.99.016801
Abstract
We report magnetotransport studies of a two-dimensional electron system formed in an inversion layer at the interface between a hydrogen-passivated Si(111) surface and vacuum. Measurements in the integer quantum Hall regime demonstrate that the expected sixfold valley degeneracy for these surfaces is broken, resulting in an unequal occupation of the six valleys and anisotropy in the resistance. We hypothesize the misorientation of Si surface breaks the valley states into three unequally spaced pairs, but the observation of odd filling factors is difficult to reconcile with noninteracting electron theory.Keywords
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