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Nonlinear Hall effect in an insulator

The third-order nonlinear Hall effect is observed in the quantum Hall states in graphene.

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Fig. 1: Schematics of various linear and nonlinear Hall effects.

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Zhang, CP., Law, K.T. Nonlinear Hall effect in an insulator. Nat. Nanotechnol. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-024-01755-6

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