Quantization of the diagonal resistance: density gradients and the empirical resistance rule in a 2D system.

We have observed quantization of the diagonal resistance, R(xx), at the edges of several quantum Hall states. Each quantized R(xx) value is close to the difference between the two adjacent Hall plateaus in the off-diagonal resistance, R(xy). Peaks in R(xx) occur at different positions in positive and negative magnetic fields. Practically all R(xx) features can be explained quantitatively by a 1%/cm electron density gradient. Therefore, R(xx) is determined by R(xy) and unrelated to the diagonal resistivity rho(xx). Our findings throw an unexpected light on the empirical resistivity rule for 2D systems.

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