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Quantum Hall Effect: Discovery and Application

Klaus von Klitzing

Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2017

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Abstract

The unexpected discovery of the quantum Hall effect was the result of basic research on silicon field-effect transistors combined with my experience in metrology, the science of measurements. This personal review demonstrates that condensed matter physics is full of surprises and that access to excellent crystals and materials is a crucial ingredient of the success of experimentalists in condensed matter science.

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