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Abbreviated Journal Title

Phys. Rev. B

Keywords

Quantum Hall Regime; Landauer Formula; Linear-Response; Edge States; Systems; Resistance; Scattering; Conductance; Dissipation; Contacts; Physics; Condensed Matter

Abstract

We present an approach to steady-state mesoscopic transport based on the maximum entropy principle formulation of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. This approach is valid in the nonlinear regime of high current, and yields the quantization observed in the integer quantum Hall effect at large currents. A key ingredient of this approach, and its success in explaining high-precision Hall measurements, is that the occupancy of single-electron states depends on their current as well as their energy. This suggests that the reservoir picture commonly used in mesoscopic transport is unsatisfactory outside of linear response.

Journal Title

Physical Review B

Volume

51

Issue/Number

20

Publication Date

1-1-1995

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

14421

Last Page

14436

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1995RB21300058

ISSN

0163-1829

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