Abstract
When a conducting layer is placed in a strong perpendicular magnetic field, there exist current-carrying electron states which are localized within approximately a cyclotron radius of the sample boundary but are extended around the perimeter of the sample. It is shown that these quasi-one-dimensional states remain extended and carry a current even in the presence of a moderate amount of disorder. The role of the edge states in the quantized Hall conductance is discussed in the context of the general explanation of Laughlin. An extension of Laughlin's analysis is also used to investigate the existence of extended states in a weakly disordered two-dimensional system, when a strong magnetic field is present.
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