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Solitonic Excitations in Linearly Coherent Channels of Bilayer Quantum Hall Stripes
In some range of interlayer distances, the ground state of the
two-dimensional electron gas at filling factor nu =4N+1 with N=0,1,2,... is a
coherent stripe phase in the Hartree-Fock approximation. This phase has
one-dimensional coherent channels that support charged excitations in the form
of pseudospin solitons. In this work, we compute the transport gap of the
coherent striped phase due to the creation of soliton-antisoliton pairs using a
supercell microscopic unrestricted Hartree-Fock approach. We study this gap as
a function of interlayer distance and tunneling amplitude. Our calculations
confirm that the soliton-antisoliton excitation energy is lower than the
corresponding Hartree-Fock electron-hole pair energy. We compare our results
with estimates of the transport gap obtained from a field-theoretic model valid
in the limit of slowly varying pseudospin textures.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figure
Effect of disorder on a graphene p-n junction
We propose the theory of transport in a gate-tunable graphene p-n junction,
in which the gradient of the carrier density is controlled by the gate voltage.
Depending on this gradient and on the density of charged impurities, the
junction resistance is dominated by either diffusive or ballistic contribution.
We find the conditions for observing ballistic transport and show that in
existing devices they are satisfied only marginally. We also simulate
numerically the trajectories of charge carriers and illustrate challenges in
realizing more delicate ballistic effects, such as Veselago lensing.Comment: (v2)Version accepted to Phys. Rev.
Measurement of exciton correlations using electrostatic lattices
We present a method for determining correlations in a gas of indirect
excitons in a semiconductor quantum well structure. The method involves
subjecting the excitons to a periodic electrostatic potential that causes
modulations of the exciton density and photoluminescence (PL). Experimentally
measured amplitudes of energy and intensity modulations of exciton PL serve as
an input to a theoretical estimate of the exciton correlation parameter and
temperature. We also present a proof-of-principle demonstration of the method
for determining the correlation parameter and discuss how its accuracy can be
improved.Comment: 10 pages, 11 figure
Local density of states of electron-crystal phases in graphene in the quantum Hall regime
We calculate, within a self-consistent Hartree-Fock approximation, the local
density of states for different electron crystals in graphene subject to a
strong magnetic field. We investigate both the Wigner crystal and bubble
crystals with M_e electrons per lattice site. The total density of states
consists of several pronounced peaks, the number of which in the negative
energy range coincides with the number of electrons M_e per lattice site, as
for the case of electron-solid phases in the conventional two-dimensional
electron gas. Analyzing the local density of states at the peak energies, we
find particular scaling properties of the density patterns if one fixes the
ratio nu_N/M_e between the filling factor nu_N of the last partially filled
Landau level and the number of electrons per bubble. Although the total density
profile depends explicitly on M_e, the local density of states of the lowest
peaks turns out to be identical regardless the number of electrons M_e. Whereas
these electron-solid phases are reminiscent to those expected in the
conventional two-dimensional electron gas in GaAs heterostructures in the
quantum Hall regime, the local density of states and the scaling relations we
highlight in this paper may be, in graphene, directly measured by spectroscopic
means, such as e.g. scanning tunneling microscopy.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures; minor correction
Exciton gas transport through nano-constrictions
An indirect exciton is a bound state of an electron and a hole in spatially
separated layers. Two-dimensional indirect excitons can be created optically in
heterostructures containing double quantum wells or atomically thin
semiconductors. We study theoretically transmission of such bosonic
quasiparticles through nano-constrictions. We show that quantum transport
phenomena, e.g., conductance quantization, single-slit diffraction, two-slit
interference, and the Talbot effect, are experimentally realizable in systems
of indirect excitons. We discuss similarities and differences between these
phenomena and their counterparts in electronic devices.Comment: (v2) Updated title, text, and references; 12 pages, 9 figure
Hypernetted-chain study of broken rotational symmetry states for the = 1/3 fractional quantum Hall effect and other fractionally filled Landau levels
We investigate broken rotational symmetry (BRS) states for the fractional
quantum Hall effect (FQHE) at 1/3-filling of the valence Landau level (LL).
Recent Monte Carlo calculations by Musaelian and Joynt [J. Phys.: Condens.\
Matter {\bf 8}, L105 (1996)] suggest that Laughlin's state becomes unstable to
a BRS state for some critical finite thickness value. We study in detail the
properties of such state by performing a hypernetted-chain calculation that
gives results in the thermodynamic limit, complementing other methods which are
limited to a finite number of particles. Our results indicate that while
Laughlin's state is stable in the lowest LL, in higher LLs a BRS instability
occurs, perhaps indicating the absence of FQHE at partial fillings of higher
LLs. Possible connections to the newly discovered liquid crystalline phases in
higher LLs are also discussed.Comment: 7 pages including 3 eps figure
Hydrodynamics of the quantum Hall smectics
We propose a dynamical theory of the stripe phase arising in a
two-dimensional electron liquid near half-integral fillings of high Landau
levels. The system is modelled as a novel type of a smectic liquid crystal with
the Lorentz force dominated dynamics. We calculate the structure factor, the
dispersion relation of the collective modes (magnetophonons), and their
intrinsic attenuation rate. We find strong power-law renormalizations of the
elastic and dissipative coefficients by thermal fluctuations familiar from the
conventional smectics but with different dynamical scaling exponents.Comment: Replaced with the published versio
Pancharatnam-Berry phase in condensate of indirect excitons
We report on the observation of the Pancharatnam-Berry phase in a condensate
of indirect excitons (IXs) in a GaAs coupled quantum well structure. The
Pancharatnam-Berry phase leads to phase shifts of interference fringes in IX
interference patterns. Correlations are found between the phase shifts,
polarization pattern of IX emission, and onset of IX spontaneous coherence. The
Pancharatnam-Berry phase is acquired due to coherent spin precession in IX
condensate. The effect of the Pancharatnam-Berry phase on the IX phase pattern
is described in terms of an associated momentum.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures + 2 pages supplemental material, 3 supplemental
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Magnetoroton instabilities and static susceptibilities in higher Landau levels
We present analytical results concerning the magneto-roton instability in
higher Landau levels evaluated in the single mode approximation. The roton gap
appears at a finite wave vector, which is approximately independent of the LL
index n, in agreement with numerical calculations in the composite-fermion
picture. However, a large maximum in the static susceptibility indicates a
charge density modulation with wave vectors , as
expected from Hartree-Fock predictions. We thus obtain a unified description of
the leading charge instabilities in all LLs.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
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