350 research outputs found
Electrical read-out of the local nuclear polarization in the quantum Hall effect
It is demonstrated that the now well-established `flip-flop' mechanism of
spin exchange between electrons and nuclei in the quantum Hall effect can be
reversed. We use a sample geometry which utilizes separately contacted edge
states to establish a local nuclear spin polarization --close to the maximum
value achievable-- by driving a current between electron states of different
spin orientation. When the externally applied current is switched off, the
sample exhibits an output voltage of up to a few tenths of a meV, which decays
with a time constant typical for the nuclear spin relaxation. The surprizing
fact that a sample with a local nuclear spin polarization can act as a source
of energy and that this energy is well above the nuclear Zeeman splitting is
explained by a simple model which takes into account the effect of a local
Overhauser shift on the edge state reconstruction.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Waveform sampling using an adiabatically driven electron ratchet in a two-dimensional electron system
We utilize a time-periodic ratchet-like potential modulation imposed onto a
two-dimensional electron system inside a GaAs/AlGaAs
heterostructure to evoke a net dc pumping current. The modulation is induced by
two sets of interdigitated gates, interlacing off center, which can be
independently addressed. When the transducers are driven by two identical but
phase-shifted ac signals, a lateral dc pumping current results, which
strongly depends on both, the phase shift and the waveform of the
imposed gate voltages. We find that for different periodic signals, the phase
dependence closely resembles . A simple linear model of
adiabatic pumping in two-dimensional electron systems is presented, which
reproduces well our experimental findings.Comment: 3 figure
Magneto-capacitance probing of the many-particle states in InAs dots
We use frequency-dependent capacitance-voltage spectroscopy to measure the
tunneling probability into self-assembled InAs quantum dots. Using an in-plane
magnetic field of variable strength and orientation, we are able to obtain
information on the quasi-particle wave functions in momentum space for 1 to 6
electrons per dot. For the lowest two energy states, we find a good agreement
with Gaussian functions for a harmonic potential. The high energy orbitals
exhibit signatures of anisotropic confinement and correlation effects.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figure
Asymmetry of charge relaxation times in quantum dots: The influence of degeneracy
Using time-resolved transconductance spectroscopy, we study the tunneling
dynamics between a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) and self-assembled
quantum dots (QDs), embedded in a field-effect transistor structure. We find
that the tunneling of electrons from the 2DEG into the QDs is governed by a
different time constant than the reverse process, i.e., tunneling from the QDs
to the 2DEG. This asymmetry is a clear signature of Coulomb interaction and
makes it possible to determine the degeneracy of the quantum dot orbitals even
when the individual states cannot be resolved energetically because of
inhomogeneous broadening. Our experimental data can be qualitatively explained
within a master-equation approach
Equilibration between edge states in the fractional quantum Hall effect regime at high imbalances
We experimentally study equilibration between edge states, co-propagating at
the edge of the fractional quantum Hall liquid, at high initial imbalances. We
find an anomalous increase of the conductance between the fractional edge
states at the filling factor in comparison with the expected one for
the model of independent edge states. We conclude that the model of independent
fractional edge states is not suitable to describe the experimental situation
at .Comment: 4 page
Evidence for the Luttigger liquid density of states in transport across the incompressible stripe at fractional filling factors
We experimentally investigate transport across the incompressible stripe at
the sample edge in the fractional quantum Hall effect regime at bulk filling
factors and . We obtain the dependence of the equilibration
length, that is a phenomenological characteristics of the transport, on the
voltage imbalance and the temperature, at high voltage imbalances. These
dependencies are found to be of the power-law form, which is a strong evidence
for the Luttigger liquid density of states.Comment: 4 pages, to appear in EP
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