Metal-insulator transition in two dimensions: experimental test of the two-parameter scaling

Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Feb 1;100(4):046405. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.046405. Epub 2008 Feb 1.

Abstract

We report a detailed scaling analysis of resistivity rho(T,n) measured for several high-mobility 2D electron systems in the vicinity of the 2D metal-insulator transition. We analyzed the data using the two-parameter scaling approach and general scaling ideas. This enables us to determine the critical electron density, two critical indices, and temperature dependence for the separatrix in the self-consistent manner. In addition, we reconstruct the empirical scaling function describing a two-parameter surface which fits well the rho(T,n) data.