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8 0 0 Consideration of ac Josephson Effect in Fractional 2 Quantum Hall States l u J Shosuke Sasaki 2 ] Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology, Fukuroi, Shizuoka, 437-8555, Japan l l a h - s e The ac Josephson effect phenomenon is studied in fractional quantum Hall m states (FQHS). Usual quantum Hall devices have an electron layer of uniform t. thickness. We consider a new quantum Hall device. The device has a narrow a part that is vertical to the direction of the current. The narrow part has a m smaller electron layer thickness than in the other part. The ac Josephson - d effect might be observed when the magnetic field or the electric current is n modulated by an oscillation with a constant frequency value f . Steps of o c the voltage appear when an electric current exceed a threshold value. The [ step value V is related to the transfer charge Q as V = (2πhf¯ )/Q. We 1 examine how the value of the transfer charge Q depends on the fractional v filling factor ν . The ν - dependence of Q is affected by the wave function of 8 8 the fractional quantum Hall state. We classify the value of Q according to 2 the wave function type. Accordingly, observation of the ac Josephson effect 0 in FQHS clarifies the structure of the fractional quantum Hall states. . 7 0 8 0