Two-dimensional metal-insulator transition as a percolation transition in a high-mobility electron system |
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Authors: | Das Sarma S Lilly M P Hwang E H Pfeiffer L N West K W Reno J L |
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Affiliation: | Condensed Matter Theory Center, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA. |
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Abstract: | By carefully analyzing the low temperature density dependence of 2D conductivity in undoped high-mobility n-GaAs heterostructures, we conclude that the 2D metal-insulator transition in this 2D electron system is a density inhomogeneity driven percolation transition due to the breakdown of screening in the random charged impurity disorder background. In particular, our measured conductivity exponent of approximately 1.4 approaches the 2D percolation exponent value of 4/3 at low temperatures and our experimental data are inconsistent with there being a zero-temperature quantum critical point in our system. |
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