Parallel magnetic field induced transition in transport in the dilute two-dimensional hole system in GaAs

Phys Rev Lett. 2000 May 8;84(19):4421-4. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4421.

Abstract

A magnetic field applied parallel to the two-dimensional hole system in the GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure, which is metallic in the absence of an external magnetic field, can drive the system into insulating at a finite field through a well-defined transition. The value of resistivity at the transition is found to depend strongly on density.