260 research outputs found
Observation of exchange Coulomb interactions in the quantum Hall state at nu=3
Coulomb exchange interactions of electrons in the nu=3 quantum Hall state are
determined from two inter-Landau level spin-flip excitations measured by
resonant inelastic light scattering. The two coupled collective excitations are
linked to inter-Landau level spin-flip transitions arising from the N=0 and N=1
Landau levels. The strong repulsion between the two spin-flip modes in the
long-wave limit is clearly manifested in spectra displaying Coulomb exchange
contributions that are comparable to the exchange energy for the quantum Hall
state at nu=1. Theoretical calculations within the Hartree-Fock approximation
are in a good agreement with measured energies of spin-flip collective
excitations.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, to appear in PRB Rapid Communication
Splitting of Landau levels of a 2D electron due to electron-phonon interactions
We show that in a very strong magnetic field electron-phonon interaction
gives rise to a splitting of Landau levels of a 2D electron into a series of
infinitely degenerate sublevels. We provide both qualitative and quantitative
description of this phenomenon. The cases of interaction with acoustic and
polar optical phonons are considered. The energy distance between nearest
sublevels in both cases tends to zero as at large .Comment: 4 pages, LaTe
Massive Spin Collective Mode in Quantum Hall Ferromagnet
It is shown that the collective spin rotation of a single Skyrmion in quantum
Hall ferromagnet can be regarded as precession of the entire spin texture in
the external magnetic field, with an effective moment of inertia which becomes
infinite in the zero g-factor limit. This low-lying spin excitation may
dramatically enhance the nuclear spin relaxation rate via the hyperfine
interaction in the quantum well slightly away from filling factor equal one.Comment: 4 page
Goldstone Mode Relaxation in a Quantum Hall Ferromagnet due to Hyperfine Interaction with Nuclei
Spin relaxation in quantum Hall ferromagnet regimes is studied. As the
initial non-equilibrium state, a coherent deviation of the spin system from the
direction is considered and the breakdown of this Goldstone-mode
state due to hyperfine coupling to nuclei is analyzed. The relaxation occurring
non-exponentially with time is studied in terms of annihilation processes in
the "Goldstone condensate" formed by "zero spin excitons". The relaxation rate
is calculated analytically even if the initial deviation is not small. This
relaxation channel competes with the relaxation mechanisms due to spin-orbit
coupling, and at strong magnetic fields it becomes dominating.Comment: 8 page
The key role of smooth impurity potential in formation of hole spectrum for p-Ge/Ge_{1-x}Si_x heterostructures in the quantum Hall regime
We have measured the temperature (0.1 <= T <= 15 K) and magnetic field (0 <=
B <= 12 T) dependences of longitudinal and Hall resistivities for the
p-Ge_0.93Si_0.07/Ge multilayers with different Ge layer widths 10 <= d_w <= 38
nm and hole densities p_s = (1-5)10^11 cm^-2. Two models for the long-range
random impurity potential (the model with randomly distributed charged centers
located outside the conducting layer and the model of the system with a spacer)
are used for evaluation of the impurity potential fluctuation characteristics:
the random potential amplitude, nonlinear screening length in vicinity of
integer filling factors nu = 1 and nu = 2 and the background density of state
(DOS). The described models are suitable for explanation of the unusually high
value of DOS at nu = 1 and nu = 2, in contrast to the short-range impurity
potential models. For half-integer filling factors the linear temperature
dependence of the effective QHE plateau-to-plateau transition width nu_0(T) is
observed in contrast to scaling behavior for systems with short-range disorder.
The finite T -> 0 width of QHE transitions may be due to an effective low
temperature screening of smooth random potential owing to Coulomb repulsion of
electrons.Comment: Accepted for publication in Nanotechnolog
Electron-phonon scattering at the intersection of two Landau levels
We predict a double-resonant feature in the magnetic field dependence of the
phonon-mediated longitudinal conductivity of a two-subband
quasi-two-dimensional electron system in a quantizing magnetic field. The two
sharp peaks in appear when the energy separation between two
Landau levels belonging to different size-quantization subbands is favorable
for acoustic-phonon transitions. One-phonon and two-phonon mechanisms of
electron conductivity are calculated and mutually compared. The phonon-mediated
interaction between the intersecting Landau levels is considered and no avoided
crossing is found at thermal equilibrium.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figure
Thomson scattering from high-temperature high-density plasmas revisited
The theory of Thomson scattering from high-temperature high-density plasmas
is revisited from the view point of plasma fluctuation theory. Three subtle
effects are addressed with a unified theory. The first is the correction of the
first order of , where is the particle velocity and is the light
speed, the second is the plasma dielectric effect, and the third is the finite
scattering volume effect. When the plasma density is high, the first effect is
very significant in inferring plasma parameters from the scattering spectra off
electron plasma waves. The second is also be notable but less significant. When
the size of the scattering volume is much larger than the probe wavelength, the
third is negligible.Comment: 16 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Plasma Physics and Controlled
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Antiphased Cyclotron-Magnetoplasma Mode in a Quantum Hall System
An antiphased magnetoplasma (MP) mode in a two-dimensional electron gas
(2DEG) has been studied by means of inelastic light scattering (ILS)
spectroscopy. Unlike the cophased MP mode it is purely quantum excitation which
has no classic plasma analogue. It is found that zero momentum degeneracy for
the antiphased and cophased modes predicted by the first-order perturbation
approach in terms of the {\it e-e} interaction is lifted. The zero momentum
energy gap is determined by a negative correlation shift of the antiphased
mode. This shift, observed experimentally and calculated theoretically within
the second-order perturbation approach, is proportional to the effective
Rydberg constant in a semiconductor material.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev.
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