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Article number | 155433 |
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 16/04/2012 |
<mark>Journal</mark> | Physical Review B: Condensed Matter |
Issue number | 15 |
Volume | 85 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | - |
Publication Status | Published |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
Near the sample edge, or a sharp magnetic field step, the drift of two-dimensional (2D) electrons in a magnetic field has the form of skipping and snake orbits. We show that families of skipping and snake orbits of electrons injected at one point inside a 2D metal generically exhibit caustics folds, cusps, and cusp triplets, and, in one exceptional case, an extreme section of the butterfly bifurcation. Periodic appearance of singularities along the +/- B interface leads to the magneto-oscillations of nonlocal conductance in multiterminal electronic devices.