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Magnetic Field Suppression of the Conducting Phase in Two Dimensions

D. Simonian, S. V. Kravchenko, M. P. Sarachik

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/9704071

Abstract

The anomalous conducting phase that has been shown to exist in zero field in dilute two-dimensional electron systems in silicon MOSFETs is driven into a strongly insulating state by a magnetic field of about 20 kOe applied parallel to the plane. The data suggest that in the limit of T -> 0 the conducting phase is suppressed by an arbitrarily weak magnetic field. We call attention to striking similarities to magnetic field-induced superconductor-insulator transitions.

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