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Low-field diffusion magneto-thermopower of a high mobility two-dimensional electron gas
The low magnetic field diffusion thermopower of a high mobility
GaAs-heterostructure has been measured directly on an electrostatically defined
micron-scale Hall-bar structure at low temperature (T = 1.6 K) in the low
magnetic field regime (B < 1.2 T) where delocalized quantum Hall states do not
influence the measurements. The sample design allowed the determination of the
field dependence of the thermopower both parallel and perpendicular to the
temperature gradient, denoted respectively by Sxx (longitudinal thermopower)
and Syx (Nernst-Ettinghausen coefficient). The experimental data show clear
oscillations in Sxx and Syx due to the formation of Landau levels for 0.3 T < B
< 1.2 T and reveal that Syx is approximately 120 times larger than Sxx at a
magnetic field of 1 T, which agrees well with the theoretical prediction.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Effect of edge transmission and elastic scattering on the resistance of magnetic barriers
Strong magnetic barriers are defined in two-dimensional electron gases by
magnetizing dysprosium ferromagnetic platelets on top of a Ga[Al]As
heterostructure. A small resistance across the barrier is observed even deep
inside the closed regime. We have used semiclassical simulations to explain
this behavior quantitatively in terms of a combined effect of elastic electron
scattering inside the barrier region and E x B drift at the intersection of the
magnetic barrier with the edge of the Hall bar.Comment: 7 pages 4 figure
Resonant reflection at magnetic barriers in quantum wires
The conductance of a quantum wire containing a single magnetic barrier is
studied numerically by means of the recursive Greens function technique. For
sufficiently strong and localized barriers, Fano - type reflection resonances
are observed close to the pinch-off regime. They are attributed to a
magnetoelectric vortex-type quasibound state inside the magnetic barrier that
interferes with an extended mode outside. We furthermore show that disorder can
substantially modify the residual conductance around the pinch-off regime.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Multi-scale analysis of compressible viscous and rotating fluids
We study a singular limit for the compressible Navier-Stokes system when the
Mach and Rossby numbers are proportional to certain powers of a small parameter
\ep. If the Rossby number dominates the Mach number, the limit problem is
represented by the 2-D incompressible Navier-Stokes system describing the
horizontal motion of vertical averages of the velocity field. If they are of
the same order then the limit problem turns out to be a linear, 2-D equation
with a unique radially symmetric solution. The effect of the centrifugal force
is taken into account
Spin gating electrical current
We use an aluminium single electron transistor with a magnetic gate to
directly quantify the chemical potential anisotropy of GaMnAs materials.
Uniaxial and cubic contributions to the chemical potential anisotropy are
determined from field rotation experiments. In performing magnetic field sweeps
we observe additional isotropic magnetic field dependence of the chemical
potential which shows a non-monotonic behavior. The observed effects are
explained by calculations based on the kinetic
exchange model of ferromagnetism in GaMnAs. Our device inverts the conventional
approach for constructing spin transistors: instead of spin-transport
controlled by ordinary gates we spin-gate ordinary charge transport.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
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