Metal-insulator transition in a 2D electron gas: Equivalence of two approaches for determining the critical point
Shashkin, A. A. · Kravchenko, S. V. · Klapwijk, T. M.
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The critical electron density for the metal-insulator transition in a two-dimensional electron gas can be determined by two distinct methods: (i) a sign change of the temperature derivative of the resistance, and (ii) vanishing activation energy and vanishing nonlinearity of current-voltage characteristics as extrapolated from the insulating side. We find that in zero magnetic field (but not in the presence of a parallel magnetic field), both methods give equivalent results, adding support to the existence of a true zero-field metal-insulator transition.
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