Hall plateaus at magic angles in bismuth beyond the quantum limit

Benoît Fauqué, Huan Yang, Ilya Sheikin, Luis Balicas, Jean Paul Issi, Kamran Behnia

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Abstract

We present a study of the angular dependence of the resistivity tensor up to 35 T in elemental bismuth complemented by torque magnetometry measurements in a similar configuration. For at least two particular field orientations a few degrees off the trigonal axis, the Hall resistivity was found to become field independent within experimental resolution in a finite field window corresponding to a field which is roughly three times the frequency of quantum oscillations. The Hall plateaus rapidly vanish as the field is tilted off these magic angles. We identify two distinct particularities of these specific orientations, which may play a role in the emergence of the Hall plateaus.

Original languageEnglish
Article number245124
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume79
Issue number24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Jun 2009
Externally publishedYes

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